Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica

Falls are an important cause of disability and mortality among elderly subjects. Aim: To study the features and incidence of falls in institutionalized elderly subjects. Patients and methods: Prospective recording of all falls, occurring in a period of eight months, to 453 subjects older than 60 yea...

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Autores principales:	Gac E,Homero, Marín L,Pedro Paulo, Castro H,Sergio, Hoyl M,Trinidad, Valenzuela A,Eduardo
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2003
Materias:	Accidental falls Aged Frail elderly
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000800008
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720030008000082004-12-13Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátricaGac E,HomeroMarín L,Pedro PauloCastro H,SergioHoyl M,TrinidadValenzuela A,Eduardo Accidental falls Aged Frail elderly Falls are an important cause of disability and mortality among elderly subjects. Aim: To study the features and incidence of falls in institutionalized elderly subjects. Patients and methods: Prospective recording of all falls, occurring in a period of eight months, to 453 subjects older than 60 years, living a home for the elderly. Evaluation of functional status of subjects suffering falls, using the Spanish Red Cross score. One hundred and two subjects living in the same place, but not suffering falls, were considered as controls. Results: One hundred and three subjects, aged 80±6 years (24% of the sample) suffered falls. Most falls were during the day and while walking. Seventy percent of subjects suffering falls did not have a history of previous falls. Nine percent of those falling, suffered a fracture. Compared to controls, falling subjects had a more deteriorated functional and mental status and consumed more benzodiazepines and neuroleptics. Conclusions: There is an association between functional status and psychotropic medication consumption and the incidence of falls in institutionalized elderly subjectsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.131 n.8 20032003-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000800008es10.4067/S0034-98872003000800008
institution	Scielo Chile
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language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Accidental falls Aged Frail elderly
spellingShingle	Accidental falls Aged Frail elderly Gac E,Homero Marín L,Pedro Paulo Castro H,Sergio Hoyl M,Trinidad Valenzuela A,Eduardo Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica
description	Falls are an important cause of disability and mortality among elderly subjects. Aim: To study the features and incidence of falls in institutionalized elderly subjects. Patients and methods: Prospective recording of all falls, occurring in a period of eight months, to 453 subjects older than 60 years, living a home for the elderly. Evaluation of functional status of subjects suffering falls, using the Spanish Red Cross score. One hundred and two subjects living in the same place, but not suffering falls, were considered as controls. Results: One hundred and three subjects, aged 80±6 years (24% of the sample) suffered falls. Most falls were during the day and while walking. Seventy percent of subjects suffering falls did not have a history of previous falls. Nine percent of those falling, suffered a fracture. Compared to controls, falling subjects had a more deteriorated functional and mental status and consumed more benzodiazepines and neuroleptics. Conclusions: There is an association between functional status and psychotropic medication consumption and the incidence of falls in institutionalized elderly subjects
author	Gac E,Homero Marín L,Pedro Paulo Castro H,Sergio Hoyl M,Trinidad Valenzuela A,Eduardo
author_facet	Gac E,Homero Marín L,Pedro Paulo Castro H,Sergio Hoyl M,Trinidad Valenzuela A,Eduardo
author_sort	Gac E,Homero
title	Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica
title_short	Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica
title_full	Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica
title_fullStr	Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica
title_full_unstemmed	Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica
title_sort	caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: descripción y evaluación geriátrica
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2003
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000800008
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Caídas en adultos mayores institucionalizados: Descripción y evaluación geriátrica

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