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| Falls of elderly rural home health clients | | Author(s) | Fred Isberner, Dale Ritzel, Paul Sarvela |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 17, no 2, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 41-51 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Falls ; Therapeutic services [domiciliary] ; Patients ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Factors related to falls among older home health care clients living in rural southern Illinois were examined in this study. Forty-five clients who fell were demographically matched with 45 controls. Logistic regression analysis revealed that previous falls, frailty, physical inactivity, balance problems, absence of handrails, and uneven floors were related to falls in this sample. Medications commonly taken by clients were not found to be related to a fall, whereas environmental factors appeared to contribute to a fall. Older home health care clients need information and support services to recognise risk of falling and encourage preventive measures such as physical therapy and environmental modifications. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981120410 A |
| Classmark | OLF: N3: LF: RL: 7T |
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