Fall Clinical Trial
Official title:
Falling Risks in Elderly Adults: a Prospective Cohort Study
Introduction: the prevalence of falls in adults aged 65 years or older living in the
community is 30%, being the second cause of accidental fatal injury and the fifth cause of
death. About 20 to 30% of falls result in injuries: 10% constitute serious injuries, from
which 5% are fractures. As a result, older adults decrease their mobility, are afraid of
falling depressed and socially isolated, increasing the risk of later falls, death and health
costs. Falls and their consequences can be prevented, so knowing and assessing the
demographic, medical, self-perceived and functional characteristics constitutes an important
information for health professionals. Given the high rate (29.59%) of older adults treated at
the Physical Therapy outpatient consult of the "Hospital Francisco Santojanni" and the
relevance of falls in this population, it is convenient to take a behavior and start by
knowing their risk characteristics.
Objectives: to determine the incidence of falls of adults aged 65 years and older, seen in
the Physical Therapy outpatient consult of the "Hospital Francisco Santojanni"; to describe
the characteristics of these population and to identify the potential risk-of-falling
factors.
Subjects and Methods: observational, prospective, longitudinal cohort study. Demographic (age
and sex), medical (history of falls, visual alterations, medication and walking aids),
self-perceived (fear of falling and instability perception) and functional characteristics
(Test of Timed up and Go, Dynamic Index of gait and balance tests) will be evaluated in those
patients of 65 years or more who initiate physical treatment in the outpatient consult of the
of the "Hospital Francisco Santojanni" "Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, from March 2017 to
February 2018, with a follow-up of 6 months until August 2018, to verify the development of
the fall event
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