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Assessment of factors that increase risk of falling in older women by four different clinical methods.

Ozge DokuzlarSaadet Koc OkudurLee SmithPinar SoysalIdil YavuzAli Ekrem AydinAhmet Turan Işık
Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2019)
There is a strong relationship between fall risk and dizziness, using a walking stick, dynapenia, high number of comorbidities, low functionality, and some geriatric syndromes such as depression, frailty, and urinary incontinence in older women. Therefore, older women should routinely be screened for these risk factors.
Keyphrases
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  • risk factors
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  • depressive symptoms
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