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dc.contributor.authorBergland, Astriden_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-03T07:02:18Z
dc.date.available2013-05-03T07:02:18Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.citationBergland, A. (2012). Fall risk factors in community-dwelling elderly people. Norsk Epidemiologi, 22(2), 151-164en_US
dc.identifier.issn0803-2491en_US
dc.identifier.otherFRIDAID 946308en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/1474
dc.description.abstractFalls are a common and serious problem for older adults. Approximately one-third of older communitydwelling people fall at least once a year. The main purpose of this paper is to present risk factors for fall in older people living at home. The databases used for identifying documentation of risk factors are Cinahl, Eric, ISI Web of Science, Cochrane Medline, Psycinfo and dissertation. Many psychosocial and medical conditions and impairment of sensorimotor function, balance and gait have been shown in large epidemiological studies to be strongly associated with falls. Several of the risk factors are interrelated. The intrinsic-extrinsic distinction seem to be an oversimplification. A better understanding of falls is usually obtained when examining the person in association with the environmental factors. Advanced age, history of falls, ADL limitations, impaired gait and mobility, visual impairment, reduced sensation, muscular weakness, poor reaction time, impaired cognition, diseases as stroke, use of psychoactive medication and use of many medications are risk factors shown to be strongly associated with falls. This means recommendation of multifactorial fall risk assessment must incorporate a range of physiological and mental tests in addition to assessing balance and gait as well as taking multiple chronic diseases and medications into account. These finding underscore the importance of multidimensional fall intervention with special focus on modifiable risk factorsen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherNorsk forening for epidemiologien_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNorsk Epidemiologi;22(2)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Geriatri: 778en_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectFallsen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectEldreen_US
dc.subjectFallen_US
dc.titleFall risk factors in community-dwelling elderly peopleen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5324/nje.v22i2.1561


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