Falls among older adults-risk factors and prevention strategies

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-411

  Stevens, Judy A ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b National Centre for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Injury; Interventions; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY; FALLS; INJURY; INTERVENTIONS; PREVENTIONS;

DISEASES; RESEARCH;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27544471317     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. B.H. Alexander, F.P. Rivara, and M.E. Wolf The cost and frequency of hospitalization for fall-related injuries in older adults American Journal of Public Health 82 7 1992 1020 1023
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. (2004). Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) (Online). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (producer). Available from: URL: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars. [Accessed: 20 Sep 2004].
3. B.R. Connell Role of the environment in falls prevention Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 12 4 1996 859 880
4. L.D. Gillespie, W.J. Gillespie, M.C. Robertson, S.E. Lamb, R.G. Cumming, and B.H. Rowe Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people (Cochrane Review) The Cochrane library, issue 3 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, UK
5. J.M. Hausdorff, D.A. Rios, and H.K. Edelber Gait variability and fall risk in community-living older adults: a 1-year prospective study Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 82 8 1994 1050 1056
6. M.C. Hornbrook, V.J. Stevens, D.J. Wingfield, J.F. Hollis, M.R. Greenlick, and M.G. Ory Preventing falls among community-dwelling older persons: results from a randomized trial The Gerontologist 34 1 1994 16 23
7. R.M. Leipzig, R.G. Cumming, and M.E. Tinetti Drugs and falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis: I. Psychotropic drugs Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 47 1999 30 39
8. M.C. Nevitt, S.R. Cumming, S. Kidd, and D. Black Risk factors for recurrent nonsyncopal falls: a prospective study Journal of the American Medical Association 261 18 1989 2663 2668
9. Rand Report (2003). Evidence report and evidence-based recommendations: fall prevention interventions in the Medicare population. Contract number 500-98-0281. Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center.
10. W. Ray, and M.R. Griffin Prescribed medications and the risk of falling Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 5 1990 12 20
11. L.Z. Rubenstein, R.A. Kenny, F.C. Martin, M.E. Tinetti, and AGS-BGS-AAOS Panel on Falls Prevention Guideline for prevention of falls in older persons J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 49 2001 664 772
12. Stevens, J. A., Corso, P., Finkelstein, E., Miller, T. (in press). CDC economic analysis of fall-related injuries among older adults. Injury Prevention.
13. M.E. Tinetti, T.F. Williams, and R. Mayewski Fall risk index for elderly patients based on number of chronic disabilities American Journal of Medicine 80 1986 429 434
14. M.E. Tinetti, D.I. Baker, G. McAvay, E.B. Claus, P. Garrett, and M. Gottschalk A multifactorial intervention to reduce the risk of falling among elderly people living in the community New England Journal of Medicine 1994 331821 331827
15. B.J. Vellas, S.J. Wayne, L.J. Romero, R.N. Baumgartner, and P.J. Garry Fear of falling and restriction of mobility in elderly fallers Age and Aging 26 1997 189 193