Falls in older persons living with heart failure-taking a step back & thinking beyond GDMTs
Nur Ezzati Alias1
Aimy Abdullah1
Norashikin Saidon1
Noor Azleen Ahmad Tarmizi2
Raja Ezman Raja Shariff1
1.Department of Medicine,UiTM Faculty of Medicine Sungai Buloh,Selangor,Malaysia2.Department of Medicine,Prince Court Medical Centre,Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
摘要：Falls remain a prevalent source of injury in daily life and underlying aetiology of falls are often complex and multi-factorial.[1,2]Older persons living with heart failure(OPLHF)are of a particular in-terest when discussing falls as multiple factors associ-ated with heart failure(HF)aetiology and treatment are assumedly implicated in falls occurrence.A retrospect-ive study reported a 14％increased risk of falls among OPLHF,and prospective data has shown that up to 40％of HF patients may experience a fall within a year from diagnosis.[1,2]However,the true prevalence of falls among OPLHF remains largely undocumented in Asia.The aim of our study was to identify the prevalence of falls among OPLHF within an Asian population,and determine risk factors associated with its development,in OPLHF.
机标关键词：beyondlivingstepheartwithbackfailure-takingfalls
论文发表日期：2025-07-30
在线出版日期：2025-09-16（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：6( 695-700 )