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Risk factors for falling in a psychogeriatric unit
Author(s)	A John de Carle, Robert Kohn
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 8, August 2001
Pages	pp 762-767
Keywords	Falls ; At risk ; In-patients ; Psychogeriatric units ; United States of America.
Annotation	Of 1834 men and women representing all admissions to a psychogeriatric in-patient unit in Providence, Rhode Island (RI) between 1992 and 1995, a total of 175 falls were recorded over the period, giving a fall rate of 9.5%. Using a logistic regression model, six variables were found to be independently associated with an increased risk of falling: female gender, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), mood stabilizers, cardiac arrhythmias, Parkinson's syndrome, and dementias. Falls and ECT were associated with longer hospital stay, when adjusting for confounders including ECT. These findings support previous results and identify ECT as a possible risk factor for falling in a hospital setting. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010928205 A
Classmark	OLF: CA3: LF7: LDM: 7T
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