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BMC geriatrics

Journal Volume: 23
Journal Issue: 1
Journal Year: 2023
Articles in SafetyLit: 70

"It's all about the money": an interpretive description of embedding physical therapy-led falls prevention group exercise in long-term care

A concept analysis of fear of falling in older adults: insights from qualitative research studies

A pilot observational study of gait changes over time before and after an unplanned hospital visit in long-term care residents with dementia

A population study on factors associated with unintentional falls among Iranian older adults

A systematic review of fear of falling and related constructs after hip fracture: prevalence, measurement, associations with physical function, and interventions

Assessment of fall-associated risk factors in the Muslim community-dwelling older adults of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Association between handgrip strength and depression among Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Association of medication use with falls and mortality among long-term care residents: a longitudinal cohort study

Association of neighborhood recreational facilities and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults

Associations between polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications with risk of falls among the elderly in Saudi Arabia

Associations of adverse childhood experiences with common psychiatric disorder in later life: results from the China mental health survey

Big data on the prevalence of injury deaths among 187 488 elderly Chinese in the past 20 years (2000-2020): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cause-specific excess mortality after hip fracture: the Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS)

Challenges and opportunity in mobility among older adults - key determinant identification

Change in gait speed and fall risk among community-dwelling older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment: a retrospective cohort analysis

Characteristics of falls among older hip fracture patients from six Chinese hospitals: a post-hoc descriptive analysis

Comorbid pain and falls among Chinese older adults: the association, healthcare utilization and the role of subjective and objective physical functioning

Development and validation of a machine learning-based fall-related injury risk prediction model using nationwide claims database in Korean community-dwelling older population

Development of a personalized fall rate prediction model in community-dwelling older adults: a negative binomial regression modelling approach

Economic model of community-based falls prevention: seeking methodological solutions in evaluating the efficiency and equity of UK guideline recommendations

Effectiveness of telehealth in preventive care: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of tele-exercise programme involving older people with possible sarcopenia or at risk of fall

Effects of 12-week Tai Chi program on physical function, depression, and quality of life among cognitively impaired older adults: a feasibility study

Effects of early mental state changes on physical functions in elderly patients with a history of falls

Evaluation of a novel biomechanics-informed walking frame, developed through a knowledge transfer partnership between biomechanists and design engineers

Evaluation of a novel technology-supported fall prevention intervention - study protocol of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial in older adults at increased risk of falls

Executive function and prospective falls: a 6-year longitudinal study in community-dwelling older adults

Exploration of related factors of suicide ideation in hospitalized older adults

Exploring variation in implementation of multifactorial falls risk assessment and tailored interventions: a realist review

Factors affecting home environmental safety management for fall prevention for older adults in northern Thailand

Falls and fracture risk screening in primary care: update and validation of a postal screening tool for community dwelling older adults recruited to UK Prevention of Falls Injury Trial (PreFIT)

Fear of falling as a mediator in the association between social frailty and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

Follow-up analysis of quality of life in elderly patients with bone trauma: a longitudinal observational study

Frail patients who fall and their risk on major bleeding and intracranial haemorrhage: outcomes from the Fall and Syncope Registry

Frailty and its combined effects with lifestyle factors on cognitive function: a cross-sectional study

Frailty as a predictor of adverse outcomes in burn patients: a systematic review

Group Model Building on causes and interventions for falls in Singapore: insights from a systems thinking approach

Health-related quality of life in stroke survivors: a 5-year follow-up of The Fall Study of Gothenburg (FallsGOT)

Hospitalization costs of injury in elderly population in China: a quantile regression analysis

Hypnotics and injuries among older adults with Parkinson's disease: a nested case-control design

Implementation strategies to support fall prevention interventions in long-term care facilities for older persons: a systematic review

Leveraging network analysis to determine sex differences in factors associated with frailty among older adults living alone

Low physical activity and depression are the prominent predictive factors for falling in older adults: the Birjand Longitudinal Aging Study (BLAS)

Medications and traffic accidents involving older drivers: do Spanish primary healthcare physicians know enough?

Medications influencing the risk of fall-related injuries in older adults: case-control and case-crossover design studies

Neighborhood safety, fall indices, physical activity level and social participation restrictions from a population of community-dwelling older adults in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

New balance capability index as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment

Patient-reported vision impairment in low luminance predicts multiple falls

Patients' recovery of mobility and return to original residence after hip fracture are associated with multiple modifiable components of hospital service organisation: the REDUCE record-linkage cohort study in England and Wales

Powered mobility device use in residential aged care: a retrospective audit of incidents and injuries

Predictors of fall risk in older adults using the G-STRIDE inertial sensor: an observational multicenter case-control study

Prevalence of frailty in Indonesia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychometric evaluation of the Protection Motivation Theory scale in assessing fall protection motivation among older adults to reduce fall risk

Recruiting patients for falls prevention in the emergency department - worth the challenge

Relationship between fear of falling and fall risk among older patients with stroke: a structural equation modeling

Safer cycling in older age (SiFAr): effects of a multi-component cycle training. a randomized controlled trial

Short-term and long-term increased mortality in elderly patients with burn injury: a national longitudinal cohort study

Sociodemographic and lifestyle determinants of multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults: findings from 346,760 SHARE participants

Staff knowledge, attitudes and confidence levels for fall preventions in older person long-term care facilities: a cross-sectional study

Staff's insights into fall prevention solutions in long-term care facilities: a cross-sectional study

Study protocol for "In-vehicle sensors to detect changes in cognition of older drivers"

Study protocol for ELders AT Ease (ELATE): a cluster randomised controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in aged care residents

The association of fear of falling and physical and mental Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among community-dwelling older persons; a cross-sectional study of Urban Health Centres Europe (UHCE)

The relationship between fall incidents and place of birth in residential aged care facilities: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

The relationship between self-reported physical frailty and sensor-based physical activity measures in older adults - a multicentric cross-sectional study

The relationship between social support and dimensions of elder maltreatment: a systematic review and Meta-analysis

To validate the integral conceptual model of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in China: a cross-sectional study

Trends in all-cause mortality and leading causes of death from 2009 to 2019 among older adults in China

Trends in intentional and unintentional poisonings among older adults - a national register-based study in Sweden

Value of the short physical performance battery (SPPB) in predicting fall and fall-induced injury among old Chinese adults

Walking aids and complicated orthopedic diseases are risk factors for falls in hemodialysis patients: an observational study