高齢者における転倒とそれに伴う怪我の予防
Pekka Kannus1, Harri Sievänen, Mika Palvanen
1Accident & Trauma Research Centre, UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland. pekka.kannus@uta.fi
Lancet (London, England)
|November 29, 2005
まとめ
高齢者の転倒は,痛みや障害を引き起こす重大な公衆衛生問題です. 予防プログラムは存在するが,最大限の効果のために,体系的な実施と標的の介入が必要である.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 怪我の予防 怪我の予防について
背景:
- 落下は,高齢者の痛み,機能障害,障害,死亡の主な原因です.
- 墜落による怪我の発生率と高齢者の人口の発生率は,どちらも世界的に増加しています.
- 既存の予防戦略には,運動,サプリメント,薬剤のレビュー,手術,環境変化などがあります.
研究 の 目的:
- 高齢者向けの既存の転倒予防方法を検討する.
- これらのプログラムの体系的な実施の必要性を強調する.
- 特定の高リスクグループに対する標的型介入の重要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 高齢者の転倒予防戦略に関する現在の文献のレビュー.
- 様々な介入の有効性の分析.
- 実施課題と推奨事項の議論.
主要な成果:
- 運動,ビタミンDとカルシウム,薬剤のレビュー,白内障手術,環境修正,部保護剤など,複数の予防方法があります.
- 複数のリスク要因に対処する多要素プログラムが有望である.
- 体系的な実施と介入の有意な選択は,より広範な効果のために不可欠です.
結論:
- 高齢者の転倒予防には,適応型の介入による体系的なアプローチが必要です.
- ビタミンD/カルシウム,股関節保護剤などの具体的な対策は,施設の高齢者にとって有益です.
- 墜落による怪我による公衆衛生上の負担を軽減するために,継続的な研究と戦略的実施が必要である.
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