Sensory impairment in hip-fracture patients 65 years or older and effects of hearing/vision interventions on fall frequency
dc.contributor.author | Grue, Else Vengnes | |
dc.contributor.author | Kirkevold, Marit | |
dc.contributor.author | Mowinchel, Petter | |
dc.contributor.author | Ranhoff, Anette H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-12-21T11:53:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1178-2390 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/98853 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aim: Examine the effect of nursing interventions to improve vision and hearing, systematic assessment, and referral to sensory specialists on falling. Methods: Controlled intervention trial targeting hip fracture patients, 65 years and older, living at home and having problems seeing/reading regular print (VI) or hearing normal speech (HI). Intervention group = 200, control group = 131. The InterRAI-AcuteCare (RAI-AC) and the Combined-Serious-Sensory-Impairment interview guide (KAS-Screen) were used. Follow-up telephone calls were done every third month for one year. Results: Mean age was 84.2 years, 79.8% were female, and 76.7% lived alone. HI was detected in 80.7% and VI in 59.8%. Falling was more frequent among the intervention group (P=0.003) and they also more often moved to a nursing home (P<0.001) and were dependent walking up stairs (P=0.003). Conclusions: This study could not document the effect of intervention on falling, possibly because of different base line characteristics (more females, P=0.018, and more living alone P=0.011 in the intervention group), differences in nursing care between subjects, and different risk factors. Interventions to improve sensory function remain important in rehabilitation, but have to be studied further. | en |
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dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | Dove Medical Press Ltd | en |
dc.subject | vitenskapelig (fagfellevurdert) | en |
dc.subject | hjemmesykepleie | en |
dc.subject | syn | en |
dc.subject | hørsel | en |
dc.subject | risikofaktorer | en |
dc.subject | fallskader | en |
dc.subject | hoftebrudd | en |
dc.subject | elderly | en |
dc.subject | eldre | en |
dc.subject | hip fracture | en |
dc.subject | vision | en |
dc.subject | hearing | en |
dc.subject | falls | en |
dc.title | Sensory impairment in hip-fracture patients 65 years or older and effects of hearing/vision interventions on fall frequency | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.source.pagenumber | 1-11 | en |
dc.source.journal | Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare | en |
dc.source.issue | 2 | en |
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