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A cross-sectional study of the prevalence, correlates, and costs of falls in older home care clients 'at risk' for falling.
Markle-Reid M, Browne G, Gafni A, Roberts J, Weir R, Thabane L, Miles M, Vaitonis V, Hecimovich C, Baxter P, Henderson S.ABSTRACTThis study examined the six-month prevalence, risk factors, and costs of falls in older people using home support services who are at risk of falling. Of the 109 participants, 70.6 per cent reported >/= one fall in the previous six months, and 27.5...
Age-Related Slowing: Perceptuomotor, Decision, or Attention Decline?-Godefroy O, Roussel M, Despretz P, Quaglino V, Boucart M.
Age-related slowing is well documented but its origin remains unclear. A first validation study (Study 1) performed in 46 participants examined the effect of attention allocation (manipulated through a dual task) on various portions of individual simple re...
Automated detection of near falls: algorithm development and preliminary results.
Weis A, Shimkin I, Giladi N, Hausdorff JM.BACKGROUND: Falls are a major source of morbidity and mortality among older adults. Unfortunately, self-report is, to a large degree, the gold-standard method for characterizing and quantifying fall frequency. A number of studies have demonstrated that nea...
Falls by elderly people living in long-term care institutions in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.-Alvares LM, Lima RD, Silva RA.
This study focuses on the occurrence of falls and related factors among elderly individuals living in long-term care institutions in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A structured questionnaire on demographic characteristics, morbidity, use of psyc...
Injuries from falls and associated factors among elderly people in Cataluña, Spain.
Suelves JM, Martinez V, Medina A.OBJECTIVES: To assess, based on a population health survey, what proportion of individuals in a sample of non-institutionalized older persons suffered injuries from unintentional falls, and to evaluate the associated demographic and health-related factors....
Re: "Changes in population demographics and the future incidence of hip fractures" in Injury 2009;40(7):722-6.-Abdul W, John B.
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Screening for Suicide Ideation among Older Primary Care Patients.
Heisel MJ, Duberstein PR, Lyness JM, Feldman MD.Objectives:Older adults have high rates of suicide and typically seek care in primary medical practices. Older adults often do not directly or spontaneously report thoughts of suicide, which can impede suicide prevention efforts. Therefore, the use of addi...
The influence of physical exercise on depressive symptoms and functional fitness in elderly residents of south Brazil.-Justino Borges L, Bertoldo Benedetti TR, Zarpellon Mazo G.
INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of physical exercise on depressive symptoms and functional fitness in a sample of elderly people enrolled in a physical exercise program run by public sector Health Centers in Flori...
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