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Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Falls in the elderly are associated with morbidity and mortality. Research about fall risk factors in Spanish care facilities is scarce. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of falls among residents living in long-term care Spanish institutions and to identify fall risk factors in this populati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33022932 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197234 |
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author | Díaz, Lourdes Bujalance Casuso-Holgado, María Jesús Labajos-Manzanares, María Teresa Barón-López, Francisco Javier Pinero-Pinto, Elena Romero-Galisteo, Rita Pilar Moreno-Morales, Noelia |
author_facet | Díaz, Lourdes Bujalance Casuso-Holgado, María Jesús Labajos-Manzanares, María Teresa Barón-López, Francisco Javier Pinero-Pinto, Elena Romero-Galisteo, Rita Pilar Moreno-Morales, Noelia |
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description | Falls in the elderly are associated with morbidity and mortality. Research about fall risk factors in Spanish care facilities is scarce. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of falls among residents living in long-term care Spanish institutions and to identify fall risk factors in this population. A nationwide retrospective cohort study was conducted in 113 centers. Persons over 70 years old who were living in a residential setting for at least 1 year were included. Simple and multiple regression analyses were conducted to estimate the associations between the main clinical variables registered in the databases and the presence of falls. A total of 2849 subjects were analyzed (mean age 85.21 years). The period prevalence of fallers in the last 12 months was 45.3%, with a proportion of recurrent fallers of 51.7%. The presence of falls was associated with lower Tinetti Scale scores (OR = 1.597, 95% CI: 1.280, 1.991; OR = 1.362, 95% CI: 1.134, 1.635), severe or moderate cognitive impairment (OR= 1.992, 95% CI: 1.472, 2.695; OR = 1.507, 95% CI: 1.231, 1.845, respectively), and polypharmacy (OR = 1.291, 95% CI: 1.039, 1.604). Fall prevention interventions should focus on the prevention of balance and cognitive deterioration and the improvement of these functions when possible. It should also focus on a periodical medication history revision aiming to avoid inappropriate prescriptions. |
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spelling | pubmed-75791652020-10-29 Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study Díaz, Lourdes Bujalance Casuso-Holgado, María Jesús Labajos-Manzanares, María Teresa Barón-López, Francisco Javier Pinero-Pinto, Elena Romero-Galisteo, Rita Pilar Moreno-Morales, Noelia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Falls in the elderly are associated with morbidity and mortality. Research about fall risk factors in Spanish care facilities is scarce. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of falls among residents living in long-term care Spanish institutions and to identify fall risk factors in this population. A nationwide retrospective cohort study was conducted in 113 centers. Persons over 70 years old who were living in a residential setting for at least 1 year were included. Simple and multiple regression analyses were conducted to estimate the associations between the main clinical variables registered in the databases and the presence of falls. A total of 2849 subjects were analyzed (mean age 85.21 years). The period prevalence of fallers in the last 12 months was 45.3%, with a proportion of recurrent fallers of 51.7%. The presence of falls was associated with lower Tinetti Scale scores (OR = 1.597, 95% CI: 1.280, 1.991; OR = 1.362, 95% CI: 1.134, 1.635), severe or moderate cognitive impairment (OR= 1.992, 95% CI: 1.472, 2.695; OR = 1.507, 95% CI: 1.231, 1.845, respectively), and polypharmacy (OR = 1.291, 95% CI: 1.039, 1.604). Fall prevention interventions should focus on the prevention of balance and cognitive deterioration and the improvement of these functions when possible. It should also focus on a periodical medication history revision aiming to avoid inappropriate prescriptions. MDPI 2020-10-03 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7579165/ /pubmed/33022932 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197234 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Díaz, Lourdes Bujalance Casuso-Holgado, María Jesús Labajos-Manzanares, María Teresa Barón-López, Francisco Javier Pinero-Pinto, Elena Romero-Galisteo, Rita Pilar Moreno-Morales, Noelia Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
title | Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
title_full | Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
title_fullStr | Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
title_short | Analysis of Fall Risk Factors in an Aging Population Living in Long-Term Care Institutions in SPAIN: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
title_sort | analysis of fall risk factors in an aging population living in long-term care institutions in spain: a retrospective cohort study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7579165/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33022932 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197234 |
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