@article{ref1,
title="Is intervention to prevent falls necessary in prior polio patients?",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation medicine. Clinical communications",
year="2020",
author="Skough Vreede, Katarina and Broman, Lisbet and Borg, Kristian",
volume="3",
number="",
pages="e1000023-e1000023",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether intervention to prevent falls is necessary in prior polio patients, by identifying the frequency, circumstances and consequences of falls among patients in Sweden with prior polio. SUBJECTS: Patients with prior polio diagnosis. <br><br>METHODS: A falls history questionnaire was completed by patients with prior polio visiting the outpatient clinic at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Danderyd University Hospital, Stock-holm, Sweden, or participating in group activities organized by the patient organization. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 80 patients answered the questionnaire; 32 men and 48 women. Eighty-one percent (n = 63/77) of respondents walked outdoors, but rarely more than 1 km, or only inside and near the house. Three-quarters of patients had fallen one or more times over the past year and one-quarter of patients had fallen 5 times or more. The falls often occurred during daytime in an environment known to the patient. Sixty-nine percent (n = 40/58) of respondents had been injured due to falling during the past year. The most common injuries were minor injuries. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Falls are common in patients in Sweden with prior polio. Interventions to prevent falls in people with prior polio are therefore clinically relevant.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2003-0711",
doi="10.2340/20030711-1000023",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/20030711-1000023"
}