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Falls in Older Adults in a Remedios Health Area Cuba

Research | DOI: https://doi.org/10.31579/2694-0248/085

Falls in Older Adults in a Remedios Health Area Cuba

  • María del Carmen Ramos Morales 1*
  • Yamilet Morales Pérez
  • Iliana María Ruiz Moreno

1Specialist in Orthopedics and traumatology. Instructor professor at the UCM-VC. General University Hospital Mártires del 9 de Abril. Villa Clara. Cuba.

2Specialist in Orthopedics and traumatology. Full Professor at the UCM-VC. General University Hospital Mártires del 9 de Abril. Villa Clara. Cuba.

3Specialist in Orthopedics and traumatology. Assistant Professor at UCM-VC. General University Hospital Mártires del 9 de Abril. Villa Clara. Cuba.

*Corresponding Author: María del Carmen Ramos Morales, Auxiliary Professor at the Municipal University Center of Remedios, “Marta Abreu” Central University of Las Villas. Santa Clara. Cuba.

Citation: María del Carmen Ramos Morales, Yamilet M. Pérez, Ruiz Moreno IM, (2024), Falls in Older Adults in a Remedios Health Area Cuba, J. Clinical Orthopedics and Trauma Care, 6(2); DOI:10.31579/2694-0248/085

Copyright: © 2024, María del Carmen Ramos Morales. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: 23 February 2024 | Accepted: 08 March 2024 | Published: 22 March 2024

Keywords: : elderly; falls; risk factor's

Abstract

Accidents and specifically falls in older adults are a problem that is increasing in the world. In Cuba, in Villa Clara, it constitutes the sixth cause of death in this population group, and Remedios is one of the oldest municipalities in the country, which is why this descriptive, retrospective longitudinal study was carried out on older adults in an urban area. , with the objective of determining the risk factors, occurrence and consequences of their falls in the period from January 15, 2022 to May 1, 2023. We worked with all the older adults in a Medical Office (315), predominating the age group of 60-69 years and the female sex. High blood pressure and osteomyoarticular diseases were determined as the most frequent chronic conditions; polypharmacy, degenerative arthropathies and psychological disorders as the main consequence in the male sex, within the intrinsic factors, and within the extrinsic factors: the bathroom with a sliding floor, and the lack of a lamp or switch within reach, where the female gender stood out significantly.

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