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BMC geriatrics

Journal Volume: 20
Journal Issue: 1
Journal Year: 2020
Articles in SafetyLit: 63

'I wanted to talk about it, but I couldn't', an H70 focus group study about experiencing depression in early late life

A balance between meaningfulness and risk of harm - frail elderly patients' perceptions of physical activity and exercise - an interview study

Are interventions effective at improving driving in older drivers? A systematic review

Are older people putting themselves at risk when using their walking frames?

Association between chronic diseases and falls among a sample of older people in Finland

Association between motoric cognitive risk syndrome and frailty among older Chinese adults

Association between walking 5000 step/day and fall incidence over six months in urban community-dwelling older people

Association of functional limitations and disability with elder abuse in India: a cross-sectional study

Associations with rates of falls among home care clients in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Being active 1½ years after hip fracture: a qualitative interview study of aged adults' experiences of meaningfulness

Does long-term recreational gymnastics prevent injurious falls in older women? A prospective 20-year follow-up

Does the shoe really fit? Characterising ill-fitting footwear among community-dwelling older adults attending geriatric services: an observational cross-sectional study

Does working memory protect against auditory distraction in older adults?

Dual-task training with progression from variable- to fixed-priority instructions versus dual-task training with variable-priority on gait speed in community-dwelling older adults: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial : Variable- and fixed-priority dual-task for older adults

Effectiveness of a village-based intervention for depression in community-dwelling older adults: a randomised feasibility study

Effectiveness of exercise intervention on fall-related fractures in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Effects of a 16-week multimodal exercise program on gait performance in individuals with dementia: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Effects of aquatic physical intervention on fall risk, working memory and hazard-perception as pedestrians in older people: a pilot trial

Effects of physical and social environments on the risk of dementia among Taiwanese older adults: a population-based case-control study

Effects of simultaneous cognitive and aerobic exercise training on dual-task walking performance in healthy older adults: results from a pilot randomized controlled trial

Emergency department and hospital admissions among people with dementia living at home or in nursing homes: results of the European RightTimePlaceCare project on their frequency, associated factors and costs

Fear of falling and cognitive impairment in elderly with different social support levels: findings from a community survey in Central Vietnam

Frailty as a predictor of future falls and disability: a four-year follow-up study of Chinese older adults

Gait speed, cognition and falls in people living with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer disease: data from NILVAD

Gait, cognition and falls over 5 years, and motoric cognitive risk in New Zealand octogenarians: Te Puāwaitanga o Nga Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu, LiLACS NZ

Health care costs of injury in the older population: a prospective multicentre cohort study in the Netherlands

Inclusion of medication-related fall risk in fall risk assessment tool in geriatric care units

Independent and synergistic effects of pain, insomnia, and depression on falls among older adults: a longitudinal study

Knowledge and attitudes regarding elder abuse in the community, Eastern Province Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, skills and attitudes of older people and staff about getting up from the floor following a fall: a qualitative investigation

Language equivalence of the modified falls efficacy scale (MFES) among English- and Spanish-speaking older adults: Rasch analysis

Map the apps: a rapid review of digital approaches to support the engagement of older adults in strength and balance exercises

Mediating factors on the association between fear of falling and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling German older people: a cross-sectional study

Older adults' preferences for, adherence to and experiences of two self-management falls prevention home exercise programmes: a comparison between a digital programme and a paper booklet

Orthopaedic surgeons' perceptions of frailty and frailty screening

Pain and recurrent falls in the older and oldest-old non-institutionalized population

Personal preferences of participation in fall prevention programmes: a descriptive study

Perturbation-based gait training to improve daily life gait stability in older adults at risk of falling: protocol for the REACT randomized controlled trial

Physical activity types and risk of dementia in community-dwelling older people: the Three-City cohort

Physical frailty predicts the development of social frailty: a prospective cohort study

Physical therapy interventions for older people with vertigo, dizziness and balance disorders addressing mobility and participation: a systematic review

Physiotherapists' perceptions of challenges facing evidence-based practice and the importance of environmental empowerment in fall prevention in the municipality - a qualitative study

Potential long-term impact of "On The Move" group-exercise program on falls and healthcare utilization in older adults: an exploratory analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Predictors of physical activity in older adults early in an emergency hospital admission: a prospective cohort study

Preoperative low muscle mass is a predictor of falls within 12 months of surgery in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

Prevalence and characteristics of older adults with a persistent death wish without severe illness: a large cross-sectional survey

Prevalence and risk factors of falls among community-dwelling older people: results from three consecutive waves of the national health interview survey in Taiwan

Prevalence of medication-related falls in 200 consecutive elderly patients with hip fractures: a cross-sectional study

Psychometric properties of instrumented postural sway measures recorded in community settings in independent living older adults

Reduced strength, poor balance and concern about falls mediate the relationship between knee pain and fall risk in older people

Resident-to-resident aggression in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study

Risk of falls and fear of falling in older adults residing in public housing in Ontario, Canada: findings from a multisite observational study

Safety of pharmacologic interventions for neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Sensor-based characterization of daily walking: a new paradigm in pre-frailty/frailty assessment

Social participation needs of older adults living in a rural regional county municipality: toward reducing situations of isolation and vulnerability

Study protocol for the ≥65 years NOrthern jutland Cohort of Fall risk Assessment with Objective measurements (the NOCfao study)

The association between cognition and gait in a representative sample of very old people - the influence of dementia and walking aid use

The importance of different frailty domains in a population based sample in England

The kinematics and strategies of recovery steps during lateral losses of balance in standing at different perturbation magnitudes in older adults with varying history of falls

The pattern of stressful life events prior to suicide among the older adults in rural China: a national case-control psychological autopsy study

The prevalence of severe depression in Iranian older adult: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

Using the Drug Burden Index to identify older adults at highest risk for medication-related falls

Validity and reliability testing of the Spanish version of the BESTest and mini-BESTest in healthy community-dwelling elderly