A systematic review of chiropractic care for fall prevention: rationale, state of the evidence, and recommendations for future research

W Grabowska, W Burton, MH Kowalski… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2022 - Springer
Background Falls in older adults are a significant and growing public health concern. There
are multiple risk factors associated with falls that may be addressed within the scope of …

Development and external validation of a risk prediction model for falls in patients with an indication for antihypertensive treatment: retrospective cohort study

L Archer, C Koshiaris, S Lay-Flurrie, KIE Snell… - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objective To develop and externally validate the STRAtifying Treatments In the multi-morbid
Frail elderlY (STRATIFY)-Falls clinical prediction model to identify the risk of hospital …

Development and internal validation of a risk prediction model for falls among older people using primary care electronic health records

N Dormosh, MC Schut, MW Heymans… - The Journals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Currently used prediction tools have limited ability to identify community-
dwelling older people at high risk for falls. Prediction models utilizing electronic health …

Data science trends relevant to nursing practice: a rapid review of the 2020 literature

BJ Douthit, RL Walden, K Cato… - Applied clinical …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Background The term “data science” encompasses several methods, many of which are
considered cutting edge and are being used to influence care processes across the world …

Assessing the contributions of modifiable risk factors to serious falls and fragility fractures among older persons living with HIV

JA Womack, TE Murphy… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although 50 years represents middle age among uninfected individuals,
studies have shown that persons living with HIV (PWH) begin to demonstrate elevated risk …

Potentially inappropriate medication use by level of polypharmacy among US Veterans 49–64 and 65–70 years old

J Guillot, CT Rentsch, KS Gordon… - … and drug safety, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are medications contra‐
indicated in particular circumstances. We sought to characterize PIMs by level of …

Risk factors for suicide among veterans living with and without HIV: a nested case-control study

A Smith, JL Goulet, D Vlahov, AC Justice… - AIDS and behavior, 2024 - Springer
The rate of suicide among people with HIV (PWH) remains elevated compared to the
general population. The aim of the study was to examine the association between a broad …

Risk of Falls in adults 45–64 years old in the United States

A Amiri, X Dong, K Frith - Public health nursing, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Falls among the older adults (64+ years old [YO]) are considered public health issues.
However, fall prevention in middle adulthood (age 45–64) has received less attention. We …

Gerontologic Biostatistics 2.0: Developments over 10+ years in the age of data science

C Chen, M Shardell, JL Speiser… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Background: Introduced in 2010, the sub-discipline of gerontologic biostatistics (GBS) was
conceptualized to address the specific challenges in analyzing data from research studies …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of the Persian version of the 9-item Berg Balance Scale among older Iranians

F Razmjouie, BZ Ghoochani, L Ghahremani… - Oman medical …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives Old age is often associated with a progressive decline in the capacity of
individuals to maintain dynamic and static balance, leading to falls and fear of falling. This …