ArticleArchives of trauma research2015
Fall-Related Injuries in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Qom Province, Iran, 2010-2012.
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- Effect of Treadmill Perturbation-Based Balance Training on Fall Rates in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Fall-related hospitalizations in older adults: clinical characteristics and predictors of adverse outcomes at a major trauma center in Iran.International journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Epidemiology and Clinical Outcomes of Vertebral Fractures in Older Adults: A Three-Year Study from Northwestern Iran.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2026Article
- Rehabilitation of Older Asian Traumatic Brain Injury Inpatients: A Retrospective Study Comparing Functional Independence between Age Groups.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Storey of Buildings and Fall Risk.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Changing Demographic Profiles of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury: An Aging Concern.Frontiers in surgery · 2019Article
- [Traumatic and psychosocial complications of falls in the elderly in Tunisia].The Pan African medical journal · 2019Article
- Relationship between occlusal force and falls among community-dwelling elderly in Japan: a cross-sectional correlative study.BMC geriatrics · 2018Article
- Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Fall Injuries in East Azerbaijan, Iran; A Cross-Sectional Study.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundFalls and related injuries are common health problems in the elderly. Fractures, brain and internal organ injuries and death are the common consequences of the falls, which result in dependence, decreased self-efficacy, fear of falling, depression, restricted daily activities, hospitalization and admission to the nursing home and impose costs on the individual and the society.
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine the types of fall-related injuries and the related risk factors in the elderly population of Qom province, Iran. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis retrospective study was performed on 424 elderly people (65 years and over) referred to Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Qom, Iran, due to falls between 2010 and 2012. The ICD-10 codes of external causes of injury from w00 to w19 related to falls were selected from the health information system of the hospital and demographic variables of the patients and external causes of falls were extracted after accessing the files of the patients. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 18 (SPSS Inc., USA). The duration of hospital stay and its relationship with underlying variables were investigated using t test and ANOVA. The level of significance was considered P < 0.05.
resultsAmong 424 elderly people, 180 cases (42.45%) were male and the mean age of the patients was 78.65 ± 7.70 years. Fall on the same level from slipping, tripping, and stumbling was the most common external cause with 291 victims (68.60%), and hip fracture in 121 patients (29.00%), intertrochanteric fracture in 112 patients (26.90%), and traumatic brain injury in 51 patients (12.20%) were the most common causes of hospital stay. The mean hospital stay was 7.33 ± 3.63 days.
conclusionsLower limb fracture and traumatic brain injury were the most common causes of hospitalization, which resulted in the longest hospital stay and highest hospitalization costs in the elderly.
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