Tyhe prevalence risk factors of fall of the patients applying to the Department of Neurology in Erciyes University Medical Faculty

Erciyes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı'na başvuran hastalarda düşme prevalansı ve risk faktörleri

Abstract

The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Fall of the Patients Applying to the Department of Neurology in Erciyes University Medical Faculty Aim: To study the prevalence of fall and risk factors of the patients with neurological illnesses who applied to the polyclinic of the Department of Neurology in Erciyes University. Method: We studied 198 cases diagnosed as having a neurological illness for more than a year, from the point of a story of falling and its occurence. The patients were questioned whether they fell once or more in the last 12 years. Each patient was given an assessment test of Mini-Mental Status Inventory, Beck Depression Assessment, Tinetti Balance and Walking Test and determined whether they used an auxiliary tool for walking. Results: 90 (45%) of the patients fell down once or more in the last 12 months. 33% of those who fell used a tool for walking. Peripheral traumas depending on falls were 33%. While mini-mental test scores between those who fell and who didn't were not different (p>0.05), there was a statistically significant difference between the groups in respect to the assessments of age, Tinetti test, auxiliary tools for walking and depression (p

Özet

Amaç: Erciyes Üniversitesi Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı Polikliniğine başvuran nörolojik hastalıklarda, düşmelerin prevalansını ve risk faktörlerini araştırmak amacıyla çalışma düzenlenmiştir. Metod: Bir yıldan daha fazla süredir, nörolojik bir hastalık teşhisi konmuş 198 olgu, düşme hikayesi ve oluşumu yönünden araştırılmıştır.