Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly
Objective: to identify the factors associated with the risk of falls in institutionalized elderly. Methods: analytical study carried out in two long-stay institutions for the elderly, with 61 residents of both sexes. Data collection was performed by means of a socio-demographic and clinical form and...
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| author | Jacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa Anna Isadora Ferreira Stremel Clóris Regina Blanski Grden Pollyanna Kássia de Oliveira Borges Péricles Martim Reche Juliana Heloise de Oliveira da Silva |
| author_facet | Jacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa Anna Isadora Ferreira Stremel Clóris Regina Blanski Grden Pollyanna Kássia de Oliveira Borges Péricles Martim Reche Juliana Heloise de Oliveira da Silva |
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| description | Objective: to identify the factors associated with the risk of falls in institutionalized elderly. Methods: analytical study carried out in two long-stay institutions for the elderly, with 61 residents of both sexes. Data collection was performed by means of a socio-demographic and clinical form and Downton’s Fall Risk Index. Results: 31 (50.8%) old people at high risk of falling were identified. There was an association of risk for falls in institutionalized elderly with gender (p=0.007), age (p=0.004), time of institutionalization (p=0.028), adverse events (p=0.000), use (p=0.035) and number of drugs (p=0.038), use of auxiliary equipment (p=0.022), type of walking (p=0.044) and history of falls in the last 12 months (p=0.000). Conclusion: it is recognized as essential to identify factors associated with the occurrence of falls for the prioritization of specific interventions aimed at institutionalized elderly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ecf8d8d03f943c5a97456b00335d3812022-12-22T01:08:11ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832016-06-0117310.15253/2175-6783.2016000300016Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderlyJacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa0Anna Isadora Ferreira Stremel1Clóris Regina Blanski Grden2Pollyanna Kássia de Oliveira Borges3Péricles Martim Reche4Juliana Heloise de Oliveira da Silva5Universidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaUniversidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaUniversidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaUniversidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaUniversidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaUniversidade Estadual de Ponta GrossaObjective: to identify the factors associated with the risk of falls in institutionalized elderly. Methods: analytical study carried out in two long-stay institutions for the elderly, with 61 residents of both sexes. Data collection was performed by means of a socio-demographic and clinical form and Downton’s Fall Risk Index. Results: 31 (50.8%) old people at high risk of falling were identified. There was an association of risk for falls in institutionalized elderly with gender (p=0.007), age (p=0.004), time of institutionalization (p=0.028), adverse events (p=0.000), use (p=0.035) and number of drugs (p=0.038), use of auxiliary equipment (p=0.022), type of walking (p=0.044) and history of falls in the last 12 months (p=0.000). Conclusion: it is recognized as essential to identify factors associated with the occurrence of falls for the prioritization of specific interventions aimed at institutionalized elderly.Health of the Elderly;Accidental Falls;Homes for the Aged;Nursing. |
| spellingShingle | Jacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa Anna Isadora Ferreira Stremel Clóris Regina Blanski Grden Pollyanna Kássia de Oliveira Borges Péricles Martim Reche Juliana Heloise de Oliveira da Silva Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly Rev Rene Health of the Elderly; Accidental Falls; Homes for the Aged; Nursing. |
| title | Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly |
| title_full | Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly |
| title_fullStr | Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly |
| title_short | Risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly |
| title_sort | risk of falls and associated factors in institutionalized elderly |
| topic | Health of the Elderly; Accidental Falls; Homes for the Aged; Nursing. |
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