Undetected falls among older adults attending medical clinics in four tertiary care centres in Sri Lanka; the need of a comprehensive geriatric assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Falls take a high priority among the prevalent medical conditions in old age. Despite this, a history of falls or the risk of future falls is not routinely assessed or properly managed in medical clinics in Sri Lanka. This study was done to evaluate the prevalence and factors associated with falls and recurrent falls among older adults attending medical clinics in four selected tertiary care centres in the country.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was carried out at four centres (Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Colombo North Teaching Hospital and University Hospital-Kotelawala Defence University) with 704 older adults, aged 65 years and above, attending medical clinics for more than six consecutive months. Information related to falls

SUBMITTER: De Zoysa W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11515731 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature