ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the effectiveness of using an educational video in comparison with verbal nursing guidelines in increasing older adults' perception of falling risks. Method: this is a randomized clinical trial in a cluster, with 138 community older adults, randomized into an intervention ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to build a specialized nursing terminology for the prevention of falls in the elderly in primary healthcare, based on the ICNP®. Method: this is a methodological study developed in two stages: (1) identification of relevant terms for the prevention of falls in the elderly in offici...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the temporal trend of fall-related mortality in elderly in Brazil from 2008 to 2016. Method: Study of time series of rates of fall-related mortality according to CID-10 from 2008 to 2016. Data from the Mortality Information System on death registers of people ≥ 60 l...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program in practices and behaviors of a health team to prevent falls in hos pitalized elderly people. Method: This was an action, mixed-methods, and longitudinal study that applied an intervention based on TeamSTEPPS®, and organized ...
RESUMO Objetivo Verificar a correlação entre a independência funcional e o risco de quedas em um grupo de idosos institucionalizados. Método Estudo transversal, observacional, quantitativo, realizado em três Instituições de Longa Permanência para Idosos no MunicÃpio de Belém, de ambos os gÃ...
RESUMO Objetivo Identificar o risco de quedas em idosos em um hospital da região do Trairi, no Rio Grande do Norte; descrever a relação entre risco de quedas e as caracterÃsticas sociodemográficas dos participantes. Método Estudo descritivo, transversal, quantitativo, realizado em um hospital r...
RESUMEN Objetivo: Determinar qué número de medicamentos consumidos diariamente es influyente en el riesgo de caÃdas en ancianos no institucionalizados y con historial de caÃdas en el último año. Método: Estudio descriptivo mediante muestreo aleatorio con la utilización de los siguientes instrum...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the factors associated with the fear of falling in the older adultliving at home. METHOD Cross-sectional study with probabilistic sampling of older adultenrolled in two Family Health Strategies (FHS). The fear of falling was measured by the Brazilian version of the Falls ...