Systematic causality mapping of factors leading to accidental falls of older adults. [PDF]
Public Health Pract (Oxf), 2020 Zhu H +5 more
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Accidental Falls in Patients with Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y), 2022 Background: The significance of falls and their repercussions in Parkinson’s disease has been extensively researched. However, despite potentially serious effects on health and quality of life and negative impact on the healthcare system, there is not a ...
Homann CN +3 more
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Risk assessment of accidental falls in patients taking trazodone, quetiapine, or risperidone for insomnia: A single-center, case-control study. [PDF]
Neuropsychopharmacol Rep, 2022 No consensus has been reached on the association between the risk of falls and antipsychotic and antidepressant drug use. In this study, we evaluated the risk of falls with trazodone, risperidone, and quetiapine, which are recommended for use at Kanazawa
Shimizu Y +4 more
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Trends of Nursing Research on Accidental Falls: A Topic Modeling Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 This descriptive study analyzed 1849 international and 212 Korean studies to explore the main topics of nursing research on accidental falls. We extracted only nouns from each abstract, and four topics were identified through topic modeling, which were ...
Seo Y, Kim K, Kim JS.
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Differences in Trauma Injury Patterns and Severity Between Intentional and Accidental Falls From a Height: A Japanese Nationwide Trauma Database Study. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Background Fall from a height is a common cause of trauma requiring emergency care; in many cases, the trauma team needs to urgently develop the initial treatment strategy.
Terayama T +4 more
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Suicidal intent as a risk factor for mortality in high-level falls: a comparative study of suicidal and accidental falls. [PDF]
Clin Exp Emerg Med, 2021 Objective Suicide is a major issue in South Korea, and falling is a common method of suicide. Further, accidental falls are a common cause of death. However, whether suicidal falls differ from accidental falls is inconclusive. This study aimed to compare
Kang BH, Jung K, Huh Y.
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Relationship between use of sleep medication and accidental falls during hospitalization. [PDF]
Nagoya J Med Sci, 2021 Falls are common in elderly patients, and prevention of fall is important for safety and for reduction of health care costs. Sleep medications are among many potential causes of fall.
Kobayashi K +5 more
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Journal of Health Research, 2021 PurposeThis study assesses the prevalence of accidental falls in Thailand's older adult population and the contingent influences surrounding this prevalence.Design/methodology/approachData were drawn from the Cross-Sectional National Surveys of Older ...
Pattaraporn Khongboon +1 more
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Mortality trends for accidental falls in older people in Spain, 2000-2015. [PDF]
BMC Geriatr, 2017 BackgroundAccidental falls in older people are a major public health problem but a relatively limited number of studies have analyzed the mortality trends from this cause.
Padrón-Monedero A +3 more
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Impact of mobile phone use on accidental falls risk in young adult pedestrians. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Pelicioni PHS +6 more
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