FallSkip device is a useful tool for fall risk assessment in sarcopenic older community people
| Autor: | Juan V. Durá-Gil, Pilar Pérez-Ros, J. M. Belda-Lois, Maria Amparo Sanchis-Aguado, Francisco Miguel Martínez-Arnau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Gerontology
Male Population ageing Sarcopenia Risk Assessment Risk Factors medicine Humans Risk factor Geriatric Assessment Aged business.industry Reproducibility of Results medicine.disease Gait Cross-Sectional Studies Accidental Falls Female Metric (unit) Risk assessment business human activities Independent living Fall prevention |
| Zdroj: | International journal of older people nursingREFERENCES. 17(3) |
| ISSN: | 1748-3743 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE Fall prevention is a major health concern for the ageing population. Sarcopenia is considered a risk factor for falls. Some instruments, such as Time Up and Go (TUG), are used for screening risk. The use of sensors has also been shown to be a viable tool that can provide accurate, cost-effective, and easy to manage assessment of fall risk. One novel sensor for assessing fall risk in older people is the Fallskip device. The present study evaluates the performance of the FallSkip device against the TUG method in fall risk screening and assesses its measurement properties in sarcopenic older people. METHODS A cross-sectional study was made in a sample of community-dwelling sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic older people aged 70 years or over. RESULTS The study sample consisted of 34 older people with a mean age of 77.03 (6.58) years, of which 79.4% (n = 27) were females, and 41.2% (n = 14) were sarcopenic. The Pearson correlation coefficient between TUG time and FallSkip time was 0.70 (p |
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