낙상예방 진료지침open accessEvidence-Based Guideline for Fall Prevention in Korea
- Authors
- 김광일; 정혜경; 김창오; 김수경; 조현호; 김대열; 하용찬; 황성희; 원장원; 임재영; 김현정; 김재규
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Publisher
- 대한노인병학회
- Keywords
- Accidental falls; Guidelines; Aged; Prevention
- Citation
- Annals of geriatric medicine and research, v.20, no.1, pp 1 - 28
- Pages
- 28
- Journal Title
- Annals of geriatric medicine and research
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 28
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/8437
- DOI
- 10.4235/jkgs.2016.20.1.1
- ISSN
- 1229-2397
2288-1239
- Abstract
- Falls and fall-related injuries are common amongst the elderly population and have deleterious effects on the quality of life or independence in daily living in the elderly. Falling is also associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, nursing home admission, and an increase in medical costs. Given that Korea has shown an extreme demographic shift with its population aging at the fastest pace among developed countries, assessment of fall risks and implementing intervention strategies to the high-risk population are getting more important. The guidelines for the prevention of falls were developed first by The Korean Association of Internal Medicine and The Korean Geriatric Society. These guidelines were developed by an adaptation process and the use of an evidence-based method; 4 guidelines were retrieved by systematic review and by the AGREE (appraisal of guidelines for research and evaluation) II process and 7 statements were made based on the grading of evidence, and these recommendations followed the GRADE (grades of recommendation, assessment, development, and evaluation) framework. Given that falls result from a various combination of many factors, the guidelines contain multidimensional assessment measures and multimodal strategies to prevent falls. These guidelines were developed not only for use by primary physicians but also for patients and the general population. Therefore, these guidelines provide detailed recommendations and concrete measures for the assessment of the risk of a fall and to prevent falls amongst the elderly population.
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