Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
Analysis of risk factors for falls in older people with mental disorders
Objective: To analyze the risk factors for falls in older people with mental disorders. Method: A qualitative case study, the interpretation was performed by direct observation and analysis of medical records of 12 elderly institutionalized in psychiatric hospital. Results: 58% were female, 75% aged between 60 and 69 years, 100% had independent gait and everyone had a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia. About history of falls, 57% of elderly females showed the occurrence of falls and 20% of males had the same history. The purpose of the site of the falls, 8% occurred in the courtyard; 25% in the ward, and 67% in the bathroom. Conclusion: The results reinforced the need to prevent the occurrence of falls, to ensure the institutionalized elderly person in a psychiatric hospital a process of senility decent and healthy through the planning and execution of programs to prevent the condition.
- Weitere Titel
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Análise dos fatores de risco de quedas em pessoas idosas com transtornos mentais
Análisis de los factores de riesgo de caídas en personas mayores con trastornos mentales
- ISSN
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2175-5361
- Umfang
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Seite(n): 102-110
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Anmerkungen
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Erschienen in
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Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6(supl.)
- Thema
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Soziologie, Anthropologie
Psychologie
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Medizinsoziologie
psychische Störungen, Behandlung und Prävention
Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie
alter Mensch
Risiko
Unfall
psychische Störung
psychische Gesundheit
Krankenhaus
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Veloso, Laura de Sousa Gomes
Suassuna, Daniella de Souza Barbosa
Ferreira, Olívia Galvão Lucena
Marcolino, Alinne Beserra Lucena
Moreira, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes
Silva, Antonia Oliveira
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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2014
- DOI
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54423-3
- Rechteinformation
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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21.06.2024, 16:27 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Beteiligte
- Veloso, Laura de Sousa Gomes
- Suassuna, Daniella de Souza Barbosa
- Ferreira, Olívia Galvão Lucena
- Marcolino, Alinne Beserra Lucena
- Moreira, Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes
- Silva, Antonia Oliveira
Entstanden
- 2014