Pettersson Beatrice, Nordin Ellinor, Ramnemark Anna, Lundin-Olsson Lillemor
Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Geriatric Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden.
J Frailty Sarcopenia Falls. 2020 Dec 1;5(4):89-91. doi: 10.22540/JFSF-05-089. eCollection 2020 Dec.
Early detection of older adults with an increased risk of falling could enable early onset of preventative measures. Currently used fall risk assessment tools have not proven sufficiently effective in differentiating between high and low fall risk in community-living older adults. There are a number of tests and measures available, but many timed and observation-based tools are performed on a flat floor without interaction with the surrounding. To improve falls prediction, measurements in other areas that challenge mobility in dynamic conditions and that take a persons' own perception of steadiness into account should be further developed and evaluated as single or combined measures. The tools should be easy to apply in clinical practice or used as a self-assessment by the older adults themselves.
早期发现跌倒风险增加的老年人能够使预防措施尽早实施。目前使用的跌倒风险评估工具在区分社区居住老年人的高跌倒风险和低跌倒风险方面尚未证明足够有效。有许多测试和测量方法可用，但许多基于时间和观察的工具是在平坦地面上进行的，没有与周围环境互动。为了改善跌倒预测，应进一步开发和评估在动态条件下挑战行动能力且考虑个人自身稳定性感知的其他领域的测量方法，作为单一或综合测量方法。这些工具应易于在临床实践中应用或由老年人自己用作自我评估。
