Journal Title: زمستان 1402
Article title: Epidemiological Study of Traumatic Injuries Caused by Fall among the Elderly Referring to Emergency Department

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Introduction & Objective: Falling is considered an accident, it entails a lot of costs and potential wide physical, psychological and social consequences. Activity level and lifestyle changes in the elderly. Considering the importance of falls in the elderly, this study was conducted with the aim of epidemiological investigation of traumatic injuries caused by falls in the elderly. Materials & Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study that was conducted between 1994 and 1996 on elderly people who referred to the emergency department of Shahid Beheshti Hospital after falling. Sampling was done by census method. The medical records of all patients aged 60 years and older who referred to the emergency department of the mentioned hospital with a history of falls were included in the study. And the studied variables such as age, gender, place of residence, treatment outcomes, place of fall and how the recent incidents were entered into the checklist. Cases with distorted information and cases whose history is incomplete were excluded from the study. Finally, all information was entered into SPSS software version 22 and analyzed with a significance level of less than 0.05. Results: In this study, 182 patients (93.8%) were discharged and 12 patients (6.2%) died. A statistical relationship was found between the average age and mortality after a fall in patients (P < 0.001). But between genders (P = 0.76). Marital status (P = 0.441). The type of fall (P = 0.833), no statistically significant relationship was found with the outcome of the disease. The most type of injury is in the femur and the average duration of hospitalization of these patients is 5 to 7 days, also there are significant statistical differences between the duration of hospitalization and the type of injury (P < 0.001). The most injuries occurred in 90 cases (46.6 percent) between 12-6 AM and these injuries were observed in the femur of 39 patients (20.1 percent). Conclusions: According to the results of the present study, it seems necessary to apply measures to prevent the elderly from falling. A large number of elderly people who have fallen have been admitted to the hospital and a large percentage was hospitalized for a long time, which has brought a lot of costs to the health system. In addition, the need to implement timely measures for treatment, correct management and prevention of the consequences of trauma is felt.
Article KeyWords:
Trauma, Fall, Elderly
Article Authors:

	دکتر سید روح اله موسوی	First Author	dr_rmosavi@yahoo.com
	دکتر احمد کچویی	Other Author
	دکتر محسن اشراقی	Other Author
	دکتر فربد اشراقی	Other Author
	دکتر مهناز سیامکی	Other Author
	میلاد سیامکی	Other Author
	ملیحه رضایی نایه	Other Author