Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019
Multifactorial risk assessment for falls and injuries in the elderly within the community
Pljakic Amina, Mahmutovic Jasmina, Alisevic Nerma, Hidic Meliha, Brankovic Suada, Pasalic Arzija, Konjo Hadzan
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Falls are a leading cause of mortality and injury to the elderly. The aim of study is evaluation the risk of falls in individuals 65 years and older. A cross–sectional study was conducted on the sample of 200 respondents. The research instrument were used: Falls Risk for Older People–Community setting (FROP–COM) questionnaire and the questionnaire on the sociodemographic variables. The interdependent variables, statistically significant for the falls were: gender (p = 0.0001), age (p = 0.0001), financial status of the elderly (p = 0.003), adaptation of urban transport to the elderly and persons with disabilities (p = 0.047), giving up walking and moving for fear of falling (p = 0.0001) and a nurse‘s home visit for the purpose of assessing the risk factor for falling (p = 0.024). Risk factors identified as most influential in most elderly people are: medications, medical conditions, sensory loss, nutritional status, physical activity, function and history of falls.
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MULTIFACTORIAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR FALLS AND INJURIES IN THE ELDERLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, Pljakic Amina, Mahmutovic Jasmina, Alisevic Nerma, Hidic Meliha, Brankovic Suada, Pasalic Arzija, Konjo Hadzan PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2019
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MULTIFACTORIAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR FALLS AND INJURIES IN THE ELDERLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, Pljakic Amina, Mahmutovic Jasmina, Alisevic Nerma, Hidic Meliha, Brankovic Suada, Pasalic Arzija, Konjo Hadzan PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2019