Association between falls in older adults and prevention group.

Autor:	Paiva EP; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Costa MAD; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Souza TC; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Almeida MC; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora - Suprema. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Silva MCMND; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Loures FB; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2022 Jun 03; Vol. 75Suppl 4 (Suppl 4), pp. e20200207. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 03 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0207
Abstrakt:	Objectives: to assess the effectiveness of guidelines on fall prevention in a group of older adults in Primary Health Care. Methods: a cross-sectional study, carried out with older adults selected by a simple random sample (274; N=1,234). Data covered sociodemographic and socioeconomic variables, marital status, health conditions, factors associated with falls and participation in the prevention group. Student's t test was used, and dichotomous variables were used by the chi-square test. The project met ethical requirements. Results: sample with female profile (61.7%), married, with low education, mean age of 71.69 years. The factors associated with falls identified were female sex, medicalization and participation in the prevention group. There was no protective association between participation in a fall prevention group in older adults and a decrease in the number of falls. Conclusions: based on evidence, a personalized intervention during the nursing visit is suggested as a strategy to prevent falls.
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