| Autor: |
Maltsev SB; Saint-Petersburg Medical and Social Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 72 lit. A Kondratievsky ave., St. Petersburg 195271, Russian Federation, e-mail: mds@dsmedvedev.ru., Medvedev DS; Saint-Petersburg Medical and Social Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 72 lit. A Kondratievsky ave., St. Petersburg 195271, Russian Federation, e-mail: mds@dsmedvedev.ru.; Saint-Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, 3 Dynamo ave., St. Petersburg 197110, Russian Federation., Polyakova VO; Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, 2-4 Ligovsky ave., St. Petersburg 191036, Russian Federation., Shumko VV; Saint-Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russian Federation., Gorelova AA; Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Phthisiopulmonology, 2-4 Ligovsky ave., St. Petersburg 191036, Russian Federation.; Saint-Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russian Federation., Mushkin MA; I.P.Pavlov The First Saint-Petersburg State Medical University, 6-8 Lev Tolstoy str., St. Petersburg 197022, Russian Federation. |
| Abstrakt: |
Falls refers to geriatric syndromes, which is accompanied by a significant number of adverse clinically and socially consequences. For the rational organization of medical, social, psychological and other types of assistance and rehabilitation measures, separate groups of consequences developing as a result of a fall are distinguished: physical, functional, psychological, social. Every year, every fourth elderly and older person faces a fall, while about half of the victims seek medical help. Among people of older age groups who have suffered a fall episode, 20-30% have complications in the form of injuries, which further increase the risk of premature death. With two or more falls per year, the risk of complications increases significantly. This requires a comprehensive assessment of risk factors in each individual case. |
