Safetylit: Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.A multifactorial intervention did not prevent falls or fractures in elderly patients during short hospital stays. - Lee LL. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90696_26[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...Effectiveness of a falls-and-fracture nurse coordinator to reduce falls: a randomized, controlled trial of at-risk older adults. - Elley CR, Robertson MC, Garrett S, Kerse NM, McKinlay E, Lawton B, Moriarty H, Moyes SA, Campbell AJ. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90584_26OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of a community-based falls-and-fracture nurse coordinator and multifactorial intervention in reducing falls in older people. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial. SETTING: Screening for previous falls in family pract...Exercise and risk of injurious fall in home-dwelling elderly. - Iinattiniemi S, Jokelainen J, Luukinen H. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90062_26OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between different types of physical exercise and the risk of subsequent fall-related injury. STUDY DESIGN: A prospective study of the home-dwelling elderly. METHODS: A population sample of home-dwelling subjects aged...Falls in patients with neurogeriatric disorders. - Cano de la Cuerda R, Aguila-Maturana AM, Miangolarra-Page JC. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90588_26[Abstract unavailable] Language: Spa...Five times sit to stand test is a predictor of recurrent falls in healthy community-living subjects aged 65 and older. - Buatois S, Miljkovic D, Manckoundia P, Gueguen R, Miget P, Vançon G, Perrin P, Benetos A. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90583_26[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...How likely are older people to take up different falls prevention activities? - Yardley L, Kirby S, Ben-Shlomo Y, Gilbert R, Whitehead S, Todd C. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90692_26OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which older people are willing to engage in different falls prevention activities, and how this may vary in different sectors of the older population. METHODS: A survey sent to patients aged over 54 in ten general prac...Impact of retirement on risky driving behavior and attitudes towards road safety among a large cohort of French drivers (the GAZEL cohort). - Bhatti JA, Constant A, Salmi LR, Chiron M, Lafont S, Zins M, Lagarde E. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90668_26OBJECTIVES: This study investigated changes in driving behavior and attitudes towards road safety, following retirement, in a large cohort of road users. METHODS: In 2001, 14 226 participants of the GAZEL cohort in France reported their attitudes towards r...Older people's experience of falls: understanding, interpretation and autonomy. - Roe B, Howell F, Riniotis K, Beech R, Crome P, Ong BN. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90585_26AIM: This paper is a report of a study to explore the experiences of older people who suffered a recent fall and identify possible factors that could contribute to service development. BACKGROUND: Falls in older people are prevalent and are associated with...Person-vehicle-environment interactions predicting crash-related injury among older drivers. - Classen S, Awadzi KD, Mkanta WW. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90744_26OBJECTIVE: The object of this research was to identify interactions among person, vehicle, and environment factors associated with crashes and injuries among older drivers. METHOD: We quantified risk factors and interactions for 5,744 drivers. RESULTS: Wom...Prevalence, seriousness and reporting of work-related violence in the Danish elderly care. - Sharipova M, Borg V, Hogh A. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90646_26A survey study (paper and pencil) among staff of elderly care institutions in 36 Danish municipalities (n = 9949) was conducted in 2005 with a response rate of 78%. The majority of the participants of the study were women (96%). The paper presents the prev...Relation of falls efficacy scale (FES) to quality of life among nursing home female residents with comparatively intact cognitive function in Japan. - Kato C, Ida K, Kawamura M, Nagaya M, Tokuda H, Tamakoshi A, Harada A. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90587_26The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) to quality of life (QOL) among nursing home residents. The subjects were 133 institutionalized women aged 70 years or older. They had comparatively intact cognitive...Risk Factors for Fracture Following a Fall Among Older People in Residential Care Facilities in Australia. - Chen JS, Simpson JM, March LM, Cameron ID, Cumming RG, Lord SR, Seibel MJ, Sambrook PN. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90582_26OBJECTIVES: To investigate which factors best predict whether a fall will result in a fracture. DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Residential care facilities. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand three hundred forty-two older men and women (mean age 86.0) who had...The association of psychological symptoms with unintentional injuries among retired employees of a university in China. - Chen G, Fei L, Ding W. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90700_26To investigate the association of psychological symptoms with injury risk, psychological symptoms were measured using symptom checklist-90 revised (SCL-90-R) and the unintentional injury information was followed up for 1 year among retired employees at a u...The influence of falls on the quality of life of the aged. - Ribeiro AP, de Souza ER, Atie S, de Souza AC, Schilithz AO. Age: Elder Adultshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90580_26The objective of this study is to analyze the effect of falls and their consequences on the quality of life of elderly people living in a low-income community in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This article is part of an explorative research conducted at CLAVE...