Falls among Old and Geriatric Patients

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Topic: Falls among Old and Geriatric Patients: The change involving adopting evidenced-based measures to prevent hospital falls.
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Gawler, S., Skelton, D. A., Dinan-Young, S., Masud, T., Morris, R. W., Griffin, M., ... & Iliffe, S
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2016.06.019

Tricco, A. C., Thomas, S. M., Veronika, A. A., Hamid, J. S., Cogo, E., Strifler, L., ... & Riva, J. J.
JAMA. 2017;318(17):1687-1699. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.15006

Vieira, E. R., Palmer, R. C., & Chaves, P. H.
BMJ 2016; 353 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i1419 (Published 28 April 2016)

Mazur, K., Wilczyński, K., & Szewieczek, J.

Article Title and Year Published

Reducing falls among older people in general practice.
2016

Comparisons of interventions for preventing falls in older adults
2017

Prevention of falls in older people living in the community
2016

Geriatric falls in the context of a hospital fall prevention program: delirium, low body mass index, and other risk factors. 
2016

Research Questions (Qualitative)/Hypothesis (Quantitative)

Does exercise reduce the risk of falls among older patients, especially among the group-based and home-based exercise programs in relation to usual care?

What types of fall-prevention programs may be effective for reducing injurious falls in older people?

The study seeks to establish the role of exercise and other interventions in the reduction of falls and their associated healthcare costs and adverse health outcomes.

Which factors influence the exposure to falls among geriatric patients after the implementation of falls prevention interventions?

Purposes/Aim of the Study.

ProAct65+ study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a home exercise program and a group-based exercise program, and compared to usual care at increasing moderate to vigorous physical activity. The study intends to examine the trial’s secondary outcomes, which is represented by the effectiveness of the interventions at reducing falls and falls-related injuries.

To evaluate the potential effectiveness of interventions for preventing falls.

The study seeks to establish the role of exercise and other interventions in the reduction of falls and their associated healthcare costs and adverse health outcomes.

The study aimed to evaluate factors that are linked to falls in geriatric inpatients after the implementation of prevention measures.

Design (Type of Quantitative, or Type of Qualitative)

A cluster-randomized controlled trial.
Descriptive study

Descriptive meta-analysis

Descriptive meta-analysis study

It is a qualitative prospective observational study 

Setting/Sample

One thousand two hundred fifty-six older adults (aged 65 +) were recruited via general practitioner practicing sites, i.e., London and Nottingham. The study excluded frequent fallers, i.e., those who had more than three falls in the preceding year and those who had an unstable medical condition.

The study is comprised of randomized clinical trials of fall-prevention interventions for participants aged 65 years and older. It is comprised of 54 randomized control trial studies and 41 596 participants.

Several studies were chosen from 1994 to 2015 and subjected to meta-analysis review.

The study is comprised of 788 patients aged 79.5±7.6 years ( χ¯¯ ± standard deviation) (66% women and 34% men) admitted to the sub-acute geriatric ward for assessment in the context of fall-risk evaluation.

Methods: Intervention/Inst...