Prevention of Falls Injury Among Elderly Patients: A Narrative Review
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Fall-related injuries are associated with long period of hospitalization particularly for the elderly.This review compared and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions used for prevention of falls in elderlies. Methods: An electronic search on the search engines PubMed, EBSCO, and Google scholar was conducted to identify the relevant published studies using the key words: falls, inpatient, hospital, nursing, prevention, and clinical trial. The search was limited to clinical trial, English language, and full text.Results: A total of seven randomized clinical trials were identified according to the search criteria; one of them was double blind controlled study and one was cluster randomized trial. Different intervention modalities have been implemented. Some of them targeted the nurses and physiotherapists (prevention education programs) and the others targeted directly the patients (additional exercises, vitamin D supplement, and prevention programs)Conclusions:Prevention of fall should be considered as interdisciplinary program where cooperation should be run between the medical team, patient, and patient’s family.
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Mahacen Egal Alnadwi
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