@article{ref1,
title="Preventing and managing indoor falls with home-based technologies in mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease patients: Pilot study in a community dwelling",
journal="Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders",
year="2013",
author="Tchalla, Achille E. and Lachal, Florent and Cardinaud, Noëlle and Saulnier, Isabelle and Rialle, Vincent and Preux, Pierre-Marie and Dantoine, Thierry",
volume="36",
number="3-4",
pages="251-261",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is known to increase the risk of falls. We aim to determine the effectiveness of home-based technologies coupled with teleassistance service (HBTec-TS) in older people with AD. METHODS: A study of falls and the HBTec-TS system (with a light path combined with a teleassistance service) was conducted in the community. The 96 subjects, drawn from a random population of frail elderly people registered as receiving an allocation for lost autonomy from the county, were aged 65 or more and had mild-to-moderate AD with 1 year of follow-up; 49 were in the intervention group and 47 in the control group. RESULTS: A total of 16 (32.7%) elderly people fell in the group with HBTec-TS versus 30 (63.8%) in the group without HBTec-TS. The use of HBTec-TS was significantly associated with a reduction in the number of indoor falls among elderly people with mild-to-moderate AD (OR = 0.37, 95% CI = 0.15-0.88, p = 0.0245). CONCLUSION: The use of the HBTec-TS significantly reduced the incidence of primary indoor falling needing GP intervention or attendance at an emergency room among elderly people with AD and mild-to-moderate dementia. © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1420-8008",
doi="10.1159/000351863",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000351863"
}