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- Title
Falls in institutions for older adults: characterization of fall occurrences and associated risk factors.
- Authors
Soares Lavareda Baixinho, Cristina Rosa; Rodrigues Dixe, Maria dos Anjos Coelho
- Abstract
Falls are the main accident for older adults, with consequences on functionality. Older adults impose restrictions or have restrictions imposed on their activities for fear of new falls. This prospective longitudinal study was conducted with 104 institutionalized older adults during six months with the following goals: to determine the prevalence of falls, to characterize the falls according to place, time, resulting injuries, supervision of the older adult, action performed at the time of the fall, and to relate the occurrence of the fall to the risk of falling, medical diagnoses, number of medications in use, type of medication, degree of dependency, age, and gender. The prevalence of falls was 37.5%, and they happened mostly in the bedroom, while walking after getting up from the bed. Those under risk in the Morse Fall Scale (p=0.034) and on sedatives (p=0.007) face a higher prevalence of falls. This study enables the possibility of making suggestions for practice, training and investigation.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; RISK factors of falling down; MEDICAL care for older people; ACCIDENTAL falls; LONGITUDINAL method; RISK assessment; DISEASE prevalence; MORSE Fall Scale; OLD age
- Publication
Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, 2015, Vol 17, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1518-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5216/ree.v17i4.xxxx