March 5, 2024Open Access

Evaluation of and prevention strategies for falls and geriatric syndromes in geriatric individuals followed by home health services: a single-centre study

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ÖTÖzge TuncerIzmir University ASAyça Asma SakallıAnkara Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi NTNil TekınIzmir University

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Prospective study reveals high fall rates and malnutrition in older adults receiving home healthcare, highlighting the need for multidimensional risk screening.

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A history of falls and persistent fear of falling correlate strongly with malnutrition risk, and both markers align with advanced fragility across home care recipients.
Malnutrition affected 77.8% of evaluated individuals, and 58.8% exhibited a previous fall history that correlated directly with Barthel Index functional dependency.
Prospective, analytical study of 320 older adults utilized the Tinetti Balance and Gait Test alongside home visits to characterize multidimensional clinical vulnerability.
Highlights that single-instrument evaluations remain inadequate, calling for multi-parameter assessments of geriatric syndromes to guide targeted fall prevention.

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Tuncer et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e75b23b6db6435876d2205 https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3993594/v1

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Prospective study reveals high fall rates and malnutrition in older adults receiving home healthcare, highlighting the need for multidimensional risk screening.

Evaluation of and prevention strategies for falls and geriatric syndromes in geriatric individuals followed by home health services: a single-centre study

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