Publications by authors named "Victoria Torres Machado"
Article Synopsis
- - The study explored fear of falling (FOF) in older patients post-fall, focusing on factors linked to FOF and its impact on long-term health outcomes, using a sample of 1464 patients aged 65 and older from various emergency departments.
- - Key factors associated with FOF included age, gender, living situation, and past fall experiences; inversely, those using walking aids or in residential care had lower FOF.
- - Although FOF was common among participants, it wasn't significantly connected to long-term outcomes like death or hospitalization, indicating a need for further research on how FOF affects older adults' quality of life and functional capacity.
Background: To investigate if sex is a risk factor for mortality in patients consulting at the emergency department (ED) for an unintentional fall.
Methods: This was a secondary analysis of the FALL-ER registry, a cohort of patients ≥65 years with an unintentional fall presenting to one of 5 Spanish EDs during 52 predefined days (one per week during one year). We collected 18 independent patient baseline and fall-related variables.
Objectives: To identify characteristics associated with a new fall in a patient who received emergency department care after an accidental fall and to develop a risk model to predict repeated falls.
Material And Methods: The FALL-ER registry included accidental falls in patients over the age of 65 years treated in 5 Spanish emergency departments. Independent variables analyzed were patient characteristics at baseline, fall characteristics, immediate consequences, and functional status on discharge.
Objectives: To determine functional changes and factors affecting 180-day functional prognosis among older patients attending a hospital emergency department (ED) after a fall.
Study Design: Retrospective analysis from a prospective cohort study (FALL-ER Registry) spanning one year that included individuals aged ≥65 years attending four Spanish EDs after a fall. We collected 9 baseline and 6 fall-related factors.
Purpose: To study patient profile, fall-related characteristics and immediate outcomes according to age and to determine the effect of age in the outcomes among older patients presenting to ED after a fall.
Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of the FALL-ER registry that included patients aged ≥ 65 years old that presented to five Spanish EDs after a fall. Patients were classified into three age categories, and demographic, comorbidity, chronic medication, fall-related characteristics, health care resources and immediate outcomes data were analysed.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to profile elderly patients (65+) who seek emergency care after falling, focusing on the characteristics of the falls and the severity involved.
- Conducted through a multicenter registry involving 1507 interviews, the research found high levels of comorbidity and a tendency for falls to occur at home during the day, often unobserved.
- Only a third of patients received fall prevention recommendations, with certain factors like cognitive impairment and fear of falling influencing the likelihood of receiving such recommendations.
In the Catalonian Institute of health there are 2 well-established circumstances for indicating lipid-lowering drug treatment with statins in the primary prevention of ischaemic heart disease. These are, severe hypercholesterolaemia, with a low density lipoprotein cholesterol equal to or greater than 240mg/dL, or above 130mg/dL when the coronary risk is equal to or greater than 10% at 10 years. There are data that suggest that these 2 criteria are not the only ones used in routine clinical practice, as such that the majority of patients to whom it is indicated, do not meet either of these 2 conditions.
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