TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Record of the circumstances of falls in the community: perspective in the Iberian Peninsula
JO  - Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
A1  - Araújo, Maria de Fátima
A1  - Caldevilla, Nilza Nogueira
A1  - Maciel, Candida
A1  - Malheiro, Felicidade
A1  - Rodríguez-Borrego, María Aurora
A1  - López-Soto, Pablo Jesús
SP  - e2977
EP  - e2977
VL  - 26
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: to determine the diagnosis of the situation regarding documentation of falls and risk of falls in people older than 75 years in basic health units in Spain and Portugal. <br><br>METHOD: mixed exploratory study in two stages: (i) quantitative descriptive of randomly selected fall records produced in one year (597 records; 197 Spanish and 400 Portuguese); and (ii) qualitative, with the purpose of knowing the perception of health professionals employing semi-structured interviews (72 professionals, 16 Spanish and 56 Portuguese). The study areas were two basic health units in southern Spain and northern Portugal. <br><br>RESULTS: in the fall records, the number of women was higher. The presence of fall was associated with the variables age, presence of dementia, osteoarticular disease, previous falls and consumption of antivertiginous medication. Health professionals perceived an absence of risk assessment instruments, as well as lack of prevention programs and lack of awareness of this event. <br><br>CONCLUSION: falls are perceived as an area of ​​priority attention for health professionals. Nonetheless, there is a lack of adherence to the registration of falls and risk assessment, due to organizational, logistical and motivational problems.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0104-1169
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2373.2977
ID  - ref1
ER  -