[PDF] Top 20 Falls in elderly: identification of extrinsic risk factors at home

... identify extrinsic risk factors those predispose the occurrence of falls in the elderly at ...total of 95 homes about the presence of risk ... See full document

... characteristics of patients who were hospitalized after falls, it was observed that the incidence of hospitalization was higher in the group in which the questionnaire was answered by a ... See full document

... main risk factors for falls among the ...search in the databases was performed using the descriptors fall and elderly; were analyzed 51 articles published from 2005 to 2010, expressing ... See full document

... environmental risk factors, recognize patients at risk of falls, and develop a care plan for stroke patients, aiming to minimize the risk of falls for this ... See full document

... increased risk of falls. In elderly persons aged 65 or older, it is estimated that the incidence of falls is between 28% and 35%, while for individuals aged over 75 this ... See full document

... : Falls are frequent among elderly people and, as they spend most of their time at home, a place which might be safe often becomes the environment posing the biggest ...consequences ... See full document

... the elderly, falling constitute an important cause of morbidity and ...recurrence of falls and identify factors associated with falls and recurrent ...cohort of 218 ... See full document

... interest of researchers in studying the aging process of the human being and how to obtain quality of life in old ...Advances in medicine, environmental changes and habits have ... See full document

... even at home or on the streets. The most remembered factors were pot- holed sidewalks, unsuitable shoes, no handrail on stairs and loose ...danger of extrinsic factors, however, ... See full document

... the risk of falls in elderly ...aid of the instruments Fall Risck Score and Functional Independence ...association of variables. Results: a total of 72.1% of ... See full document

... frequency of falls and identify risk factors in the homes of the elderly under the Home Care Service of a village in Alentejo ...were elderly ... See full document

... wave of the survey (2014/2015), the calculation of the sample size was estimated from the data from the previous study and from the results of the 2010 IBGE census relating to the population ... See full document

... incidence of falls in elderly residents of long-stay institutions of the Federal District, to identify the aspects involved in the falls, in terms of ... See full document

... to falls, some studies indicate that preventive home visits may be effective in reducing falls in older people in the community [21], but the conclusions of the studies ... See full document

... and extrinsic risk factors for falls among older community-dwelling people with and without a stroke ...15 elderly individuals. Results: the statistical associations were: use of ... See full document

... the factors associated with the risk of falls in institutionalized ...out in two long-stay institutions for the elderly, with 61 residents of both ...means ... See full document

... number of children was predominantly two in 36.6% of the residences, followed by one in 32, 6% of the ...majority of the caregivers carries out an- other activity, besides taking ... See full document

... Background: Falls are an extremely incidental healthcare risk among the geriatric populations and lead to high recuperative ...provided in an accessible ...to falls risk, of a ... See full document

... Objective: In a sample of elderly individuals from Porto Alegre – RS, Brazil, to analyze the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that predispose them to the risk of ... See full document

... The risk of falling is dependent upon how and in what condi- tions a given elderly person lives or is living at the time of the fall, and both intrinsic and extrinsic ... See full document