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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background Falls significantly harm geriatric health and impose substantial costs on care systems and wider society. Decision modelling can inform the commissioning of falls prevention but face methodological challenges, including: (1) capturing non ...
Joseph Kwon, Hazel Squires, Tracey Young
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Patient Perspectives on Hospital Falls Prevention Education
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Hospital falls remain an intractable problem worldwide and patient education is one approach to falls mitigation. Although educating patients can help their understanding of risks and empower them with prevention strategies, patient experiences of ...
Hazel Heng +10 more
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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2011 It happened last summer. The bags were nearly packed for what would be a 10-day family vacation. First, we would be attending a large Roberts family reunion at a resort near Asheville, North Carolina. Afterwards, we would travel on to Atlanta to visit with some friends of mine that I had not seen in a number of years. I couldn't wait!
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Participation Intention in Fall-prevention Project and Related Influencing Factors in Community-living Elderly Residents at High Risk of Falls [PDF]
Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2022 Background With the aging of the population, it is essential to implement fall prevention programs for the elderly. Although China has carried out fall prevention programs sporadically, among which comprehensive fall prevention programs centered on ...
CHENG Meng, WANG Jian, LI Zhipeng, ZHAO Qi, SUN Xiaoming
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2016 Objective: This population‐based study investigates the influence of geographical location on hospital admissions, utilisation and outcomes for fall‐related injury in older adults, adjusting for age, sex and comorbidities.
Dharan W. Sukumar +3 more
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Falls and Fall Prevention [PDF]
, 2016 About a third of older persons fall at least once a year, but less than 5 % of these falls result in a fracture. Wrist fractures usually involve a fall onto the outstretched arm. Proximal humerus fractures occur following a fall on the adducted arm. Hip fractures and fractures of the pelvic ring occur after a fall on the side.
Reiner Bartl, Christoph Bartl
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Prevention of falls in hospital [PDF]
Clinical Medicine, 2017 Falls among inpatients are the most frequently reported safety incident in NHS hospitals. 30-50% of falls result in some physical injury and fractures occur in 1-3%. No fall is harmless, with psychological sequelae leading to lost confidence, delays in functional recovery and prolonged hospitalisation.
Rob, Morris, Shelagh, O'Riordan
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014 Objectives: To determine whether overweight and obese individuals have higher reported fall and fall injury risk than individuals of healthy weight, and to examine the influence of BMI on health, quality of life and lifestyle characteristics of fallers ...
Rebecca J. Mitchell +3 more
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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014 Objective: To examine the age‐specific population prevalence and predictors of uptake of home modifications and exercise to prevent falls in the NSW older population.
Lara A. Harvey +3 more
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Nursing Open, 2022 Aim This study aimed to explore nurses’ perceptions of the factors associated with falls and of fall prevention strategies in acute care settings in Saudi Arabia. Design This is a cross‐sectional, correlational, descriptive study.
Adnan M. Innab
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