Undetected falls among older adults attending medical clinics in four tertiary care centres in Sri Lanka; the need of a comprehensive geriatric assessment
Approximately one-third of the older adults attending medical clinics had experienced at least a single fall, and one-eighth have had recurrent falls, which were mostly unrecorded and not clinically assessed. Physical dependency was the major contributing factor to falls and recurrent falls. Falls assessment should be included in the routine clinical assessment of older adults attending outdoor medical clinics. Health professionals should be educated to detect and assess those at risk of falling and take appropriate measures to prevent or minimize falls.
Authors
- Priyamali Jayasekera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6699-7937)
- Dhammika Palangasinghe
- Nirmala Rathnayake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-2975)
- Chamila Mettananda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3328-1553)
- Thilina Abeygunasekara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6653-525X)
- Shehan Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7348-4830)
- Sarath Lekamwasam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3541-9982)
- Warsha De Zoysa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-9806)
Institutions
- University of Ruhuna (LK)
- University of Kelaniya (LK)
- University of Sri Jayewardenepura (LK)
- General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05477-1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00