Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Falls"
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24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring is unhelpful in the investigation of older persons with recurrent falls
(2005)Background: although frequently used in the assessment of patients with falls, it is unclear whether 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiography contributes to their assessment in older persons. Objective: to ... -
Anticholinergic medications in patients admitted with cognitive impairment and falls (AMiCI). The impact of hospital admission on anticholinergic cognitive medication burden. Results of a multi centre observational study
(2018)What is known and objective: Drugs with anticholinergic properties increase the risk of falls, delirium, chronic cognitive impairment, and mortality and counteract procholinergic medications used in the treatment of dementia. ... -
Clinical clustering of eight orthostatic haemodynamic patterns in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2020)Background: Orthostatic hypotension (OH) can be assessed with non-invasive continuous beat-to-beat haemodynamic monitoring during active stand (AS) testing; this yields large volumes of data outside the scope ... -
Eight orthostatic haemodynamic patterns in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA): stability and clinical associations after 4 years
(2021)Previous research cross-sectionally characterised eight morphological systolic blood pres-sure (SBP) active stand (AS) patterns using a clinical clustering approach at Wave 1 (W1) of the IrishLongitudinal Study on Ageing. ... -
Eight-year longitudinal falls trajectories and associations with modifiable risk factors: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2023)Background: The label 'faller' and the associated stigma may reduce healthcare-seeking behaviours. However, falls are not inevitably progressive and many drivers are modifiable. This observational study described the 8-year ... -
EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research
(2019)Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including ... -
EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research
(2019)Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including ... -
Falls and falls efficacy: the role of sustained attention in older adults.
(2011)Background Previous evidence indicates that older people allocate more of their attentional resources toward their gait and that the attention-related changes that occur during aging increase the risk of falls. The aim ... -
Falls, non-accidental falls and syncope in community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older: Implications for cardiovascular assessment
(2017)Objectives: To calculate the prevalence of all falls, non-accidental falls and syncope in an older population and characterize cardiovascular risk profiles. Design: Prospective, longitudinal cohort study. Setting: The ... -
Is orthostatic hypotension more common in individuals with atrial fibrillation? – Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2017)Introduction: atrial fibrillation (AF) and orthostatic hypotension (OH) share common risk factors such as age, hypertension and cardiovascular (CV) disease. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) also plays a role in the ... -
A prospective evaluation of bone mineral density measurement in females who have fallen
(2003)Background: the National Service Framework for Older Persons recognises the relationship between falls and osteoporosis; however, the best method for the evaluation of bone mineral density measurement in fallers is unclear. ... -
Should prevention of falls start earlier? Coordinated analyses of harmonised data on falls in middle-aged adults across four population-based cohort studies
(2018)The prevalence of risk factors for falls increases during middle-age, but the prevalence of falls in this age-range is often overlooked and understudied. The aim was to calculate the prevalence of falls in middle-aged ... -
The use of an implantable loop recorder in the investigation of unexplained syncope in older people
(2003)Introduction: Reveal is a patient activated implantable loop recorder device with an 18 month battery life now available to assist in the diagnosis of suspected syncope or arrhythmias. We present our experience using this ... -
The Use of the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management's Risk Stratification Algorithm in Predicting Falls in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
(2023)Background: the aim of this study was to retrospectively operationalise the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management (WGFPM) falls risk stratification algorithm using data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on ... -
Using Explainable AI (XAI) for the prediction of falls in the older population
(2022)The prevention of falls in older people requires the identification of the most important risk factors. Frailty is associated with risk of falls, but not all falls are of the same nature. In this work, we utilised data ...
