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A systematic review and meta-analysis of fall incidence and risk factors in elderly patients after total joint arthroplasty.
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- Development and content validity of the evaluation of multidimensional functioning and risks in aging scale.PeerJ · 2025Article
- Impact of a four-domain intrinsic capacity measure on falls: findings from the EPOSA study.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- Knee biomechanics variability before and after total knee arthroplasty: an equality of variance prospective study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Evaluation of a novel biomechanics-informed walking frame, developed through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between biomechanists and design engineers.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- COVID-19 Infection Was Associated with the Functional Outcomes of Hip Fracture among Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic Apex.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study Investigating Lumbar Proprioception Impairments in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Correlations with Glycated Hemoglobin Levels.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- The Impact of Living Arrangements on the Prevalence of Falls after Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Comparison between Institutionalized and General Geriatric Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Risk assessment of accidental falls in patients taking trazodone, quetiapine, or risperidone for insomnia: A single-center, case-control study.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2022Article
- Fall classification, incidence and circumstances in patients undergoing total knee replacement.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundFalls in the elderly have become a serious social problem worldwide. Approximately a third of persons fall at least once in the year after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but preventing and treating falls is still challenging in clinical practice. Until now, no formal systematic review or meta-analysis was performed to summarize the risk factors of falls after TJA. The present study aimed to quantitatively and comprehensively conclude the risk factors of falls after TJA in elderly patients.
methodsThe electronic databases to be searched include CNKI, Embase, Medline, and Cochrane central database (all up to November 2018). All studies on the risk factors of falls after TJA in elderly patients without language restriction were reviewed. Process of evaluation of identified studies and extraction of data were independently conducted by 2 reviewers, qualities of included studies were assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Data were pooled and a meta-analysis completed. All analyses were performed by the software Stata 11.0.
resultsA total of 14 studies were included, which altogether included 1284456 patients with TJA, of them 12879 cases of falls occurred after surgery, suggesting the accumulated incidence of 13.1% and the prevalence of in-hospital falls was 1.0%. This study has provided evidence for the preventing of falls in the elderly patients who were underwent TJA. Outcome measures include advanced age, female, Overweight (BMI≥25 kg/m), falls history, use of walking aid, diabetes, cardiac disease, hypertension, COPD and depressive symptoms. The ABC Scale was significantly negatively correlated with falls after lower extremity joint replacement.
conclusionsRelated prophylaxis strategies should be implemented in elderly patients involved with above-mentioned risk factors to prevent falls after TJA.
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