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1794754

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-9
pubmed:abstractText
Falls among the elderly are a major concern of those caring for them. We studied the incidence of falls in institutionalized elderly, as well as the characteristics of those who fell and the causes of the falls, to determine how to prevent falling. A 2-month survey was conducted in Mishan, an institution in Raanana, and included 144 falls in 108 patients (447 women and 162 men, mean age 84) out of a total of 609 elderly. The prevalence of falls was 1426 per 1000 per year. Most cases of falls were first seen in the emergency room or wards for demented patients. The prevalence of falls among those receiving physiotherapy was only 1/3 that of those who did not. Old institutionalized patients tend to fall mainly while getting in and out of bed. Falls may result from medication such as sleeping pills and psychotropic drugs, but not diuretics. Falls are not inevitable, and measures can be applied to prevent them and thus reduce their frequency.
pubmed:language
heb
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0017-7768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
503-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
[Falls in elderly patients in an institution].
pubmed:affiliation
Physiotherapy Dept., Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract