Is independence of older adults safe considering the risk of falls?
| Autor: | Magdalena Strugała, Marlena Szewczyczak, Izabela Wróblewska, Katarzyna Wieczorowska – Tobis, Sławomir Tobis, Dorota Talarska, Michał Michalak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living medicine.medical_treatment Urinary incontinence Walking Elderly people Logistic regression Risk Assessment Life activities 03 medical and health sciences Abbreviated mental test score 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Activities of Daily Living medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Mobility Limitation Gait Geriatric Assessment Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Aged 80 and over Intelligence Tests Rehabilitation Depression business.industry Logistic Models Mood Physical therapy Falls Accidental Falls Female Geriatric Depression Scale Independent Living Poland Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom business human activities Needs Assessment 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Geriatrics |
| ISSN: | 1471-2318 |
| Popis: | Background Falls affect approx. 30% of elderly population per year. They cause major injuries and reduce independence of the older adults’ functioning. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the degree of independence and find the fall risk factors in the study group. Methods The study included 506 – older adults. The study group included patients from GP clinics and members of two senior centers. The study duration was 12 months. Our study tools included EASY- Care Standard 2010 questionnaire, Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS), Index Barthel, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Timed Up and Go (TUG). Results The study included 357 (70.6%) female and 149 (29.4%) male subjects. The mean age of the study group patients was 75.7 years ± 8.0. Most of the older adult subjects were independent in both basic (Index Barthel) and instrumental (IADL) activities. Gait fluency evaluated in TUG scale found slow and unsteady gait in 33.7% of the subjects. 27.5% of the subjects used mobility aids when walking. In the Risk of falls scale, 131 subjects (25.89%) were at risk of falls. According to logistic regression the main risk of fall determinants (p |
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