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Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: With increasing life expectancy, declining mortality, and birth rates, the world's geriatric population is increasing. Falls in the older people are one of the most common and serious problems. Injuries from falls can be fatal or non-fatal and physical or psychological, leading to a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35765037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-022-03222-1 |
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author | Salari, Nader Darvishi, Niloofar Ahmadipanah, Melika Shohaimi, Shamarina Mohammadi, Masoud |
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description | BACKGROUND: With increasing life expectancy, declining mortality, and birth rates, the world's geriatric population is increasing. Falls in the older people are one of the most common and serious problems. Injuries from falls can be fatal or non-fatal and physical or psychological, leading to a reduction in the ability to perform activities of daily living. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of falls in the older people through systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the data from studies on the prevalence of falls in the older people in the world were extracted in the databases of Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), PubMed and Science Direct, and Google Scholar, Magiran and Scientific Information Database (SID) without any time limit until August 2020. To analyze the eligible studies, the stochastic effects model was used, and the heterogeneity of the studies with the I(2) index was investigated. Data analysis was conducted with Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (Version 2). RESULTS: In the review of 104 studies with a total sample size of 36,740,590, the prevalence of falls in the older people of the world was 26.5% (95% CI 23.4–29.8%). The highest rate of prevalence of falls in the older people was related to Oceania with 34.4% (95% CI 29.2–40%) and America with 27.9% (95% CI 22.4–34.2%). The results of meta-regression indicated a decreasing trend in the prevalence of falls in the older people of the world by increasing the sample size and increasing the research year (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The problem of falls, as a common problem with harmful consequences, needs to be seriously considered by policymakers and health care providers to make appropriate plans for preventive interventions to reduce the rate of falls in the older people. |
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spelling | pubmed-92381112022-06-29 Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis Salari, Nader Darvishi, Niloofar Ahmadipanah, Melika Shohaimi, Shamarina Mohammadi, Masoud J Orthop Surg Res Systematic Review BACKGROUND: With increasing life expectancy, declining mortality, and birth rates, the world's geriatric population is increasing. Falls in the older people are one of the most common and serious problems. Injuries from falls can be fatal or non-fatal and physical or psychological, leading to a reduction in the ability to perform activities of daily living. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of falls in the older people through systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the data from studies on the prevalence of falls in the older people in the world were extracted in the databases of Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), PubMed and Science Direct, and Google Scholar, Magiran and Scientific Information Database (SID) without any time limit until August 2020. To analyze the eligible studies, the stochastic effects model was used, and the heterogeneity of the studies with the I(2) index was investigated. Data analysis was conducted with Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (Version 2). RESULTS: In the review of 104 studies with a total sample size of 36,740,590, the prevalence of falls in the older people of the world was 26.5% (95% CI 23.4–29.8%). The highest rate of prevalence of falls in the older people was related to Oceania with 34.4% (95% CI 29.2–40%) and America with 27.9% (95% CI 22.4–34.2%). The results of meta-regression indicated a decreasing trend in the prevalence of falls in the older people of the world by increasing the sample size and increasing the research year (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The problem of falls, as a common problem with harmful consequences, needs to be seriously considered by policymakers and health care providers to make appropriate plans for preventive interventions to reduce the rate of falls in the older people. BioMed Central 2022-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9238111/ /pubmed/35765037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-022-03222-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Systematic Review Salari, Nader Darvishi, Niloofar Ahmadipanah, Melika Shohaimi, Shamarina Mohammadi, Masoud Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis |
title | Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_full | Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_fullStr | Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_short | Global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis |
title_sort | global prevalence of falls in the older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis |
topic | Systematic Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35765037 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-022-03222-1 |
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