Citation

Izzati N, Khor HM, Tan PJ, Sumaiyah M, Nemala N, Tan MP. Age Ageing 2017; 46(Suppl 1): i32-i34.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/ageing/afx072.120

PMID

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Abstract

It has been widely accepted that falls usually occur as a results of multiple risk factors. Practice Guidelines for Prevention of Falls in Older Persons (AGS/BGS, 2011) suggest that clinical assessment remains an important part of classifying older fallers according to their risk of falls. The objective of this study was therefore to identify, using clinical evaluation, potential risk factors among individuals with recurrent and injurious falls in the preceding 12 months in a South East Asian setting.

Cases included participants aged ≥65 years old with 2 or more falls or one injurious fall in the past within the previous 12 months were recruited through the emergency department, primary care and hospital outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All participants were evaluated with...

© The Authors 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society.

Language: en