González-Castro Ana, Leirós-Rodríguez Raquel, Nistal-Martínez Marta, Bodero-Vidal Ernesto, Benítez-Andrades José Alberto, Hernandez-Lucas Pablo
Nursing and Physical Therapy Department, University of León, Astorga Ave., 24401 Ponferrada, Spain.
SALBIS Research Group, Nursing and Physical Therapy Department, University of León, Astorga Ave., 24401 Ponferrada, Spain.
J Clin Med. 2025 Sep 3;14(17):6229. doi: 10.3390/jcm14176229.
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, various safety measures were implemented in elderly care facilities in Spain. These measures led to a reduction in physical activity and increased supervision of residents, often resulting in the suspension of outings from the facility. The objective of this study was to assess the influence of COVID-19 preventive measures on the number and characteristics of falls among elderly individuals living in a residential care facility in Spain. A retrospective longitudinal observational study was conducted from 2018 to 2021. Over these four years, data related to falls were collected from a residential care facility for the elderly. Both patient characteristics and fall characteristics were recorded. The average age of the 48 residents continuously institutionalized between 2018 and 2021 was 85.8 ± 5.1 years. A total of 364 falls occurred during the study period, with 68% of them taking place in 2019 and 2020. Although the number of falls increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, the characteristics of the falls did not change. However, residents who experienced falls were increasingly accompanied at the time of the event. Based on the data collected from the elderly care facility analyzed in this study, falls increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the measures implemented in residential care facilities do not appear to have altered the characteristics of the falls, except for the greater presence of companionship.
在2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间，西班牙的老年护理机构实施了各种安全措施。这些措施导致身体活动减少，对居民的监督增加，常常致使机构内的外出活动暂停。本研究的目的是评估COVID-19预防措施对居住在西班牙一家寄宿护理机构中的老年人跌倒数量及特征的影响。从2018年至2021年进行了一项回顾性纵向观察研究。在这四年间，从一家老年寄宿护理机构收集了与跌倒相关的数据。记录了患者特征和跌倒特征。2018年至2021年期间持续入住该机构的48名居民的平均年龄为85.8±5.1岁。研究期间共发生了364次跌倒，其中68%发生在2019年和2020年。尽管在COVID-19大流行期间跌倒次数增加，但跌倒的特征并未改变。然而，跌倒时居民身边陪伴的人越来越多。基于本研究分析的从老年护理机构收集的数据，在COVID-19大流行期间跌倒次数增加，但寄宿护理机构实施的措施除了陪伴情况增多外，似乎并未改变跌倒的特征。
