The First Step Is the Hardest: Understanding Posthospital Fall Risks in Brazilian Older Adults

Marcela S Arruda; Pedro K Curiati; Marlon J R Aliberti; Christian V Morinaga; Thiago J Avelino-Silva; Ana Paula de O Marques; Hugo M de A Melo

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105038

The First Step Is the Hardest: Understanding Posthospital Fall Risks in Brazilian Older Adults

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Jul;25(7):105038. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105038. Epub 2024 May 22.

Authors

Marcela S Arruda¹, Pedro K Curiati², Marlon J R Aliberti³, Christian V Morinaga⁴, Thiago J Avelino-Silva⁵, Ana Paula de O Marques⁶, Hugo M de A Melo⁶

Affiliations

¹ Geriatric Emergency Department Research Group (ProAGE), Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Postgraduate Program in Gerontology (PPGERO), Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Geriatric Emergency Department Research Group (ProAGE), Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Geriatric Center for Advanced Medicine, Hospital Sirio-Libanes, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
³ Geriatric Emergency Department Research Group (ProAGE), Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Geriatric Center for Advanced Medicine, Hospital Sirio-Libanes, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Laboratorio de Investigacao Medica em Envelhecimento (LIM-66), Servico de Geriatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Geriatric Emergency Department Research Group (ProAGE), Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Geriatric Emergency Department Research Group (ProAGE), Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Geriatric Center for Advanced Medicine, Hospital Sirio-Libanes, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Laboratorio de Investigacao Medica em Envelhecimento (LIM-66), Servico de Geriatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Division of Geriatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁶ Postgraduate Program in Gerontology (PPGERO), Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (HC-UFPE)/Ebserh, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

PMID: 38796170
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105038

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Publication types

Editorial
Letter

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls* / prevention & control
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brazil
Female
Geriatric Assessment / methods
Humans
Male
Risk Assessment