Tests for Identifying Elderly Persons at Risk for Falling

Purpose: To determine the risk that an elderly patient will fall during the next year based on the time taken to perform 3 simple walking tests.

Evaluation

Are you evaluating an elderly patient for falls risk?

Yes

Number of seconds required to walk 20 feet (6.08 meters), turn and then return at a normal walking pace

Number of seconds required to walk 20 feet (6.08 meters), turn and then return while reciting the alphabet out loud

Number of seconds required to walk 20 feet (6.08 meters), turn and then return while reciting alternate letters of the alphabet out loud

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of results indicating a risk for falling

The risk of falling over the next 12 months

Is the patient a candidate for intervention?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Other Testing
- Knee Instability and Falls in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- Risk Factors for Serious Injury After Fall from Standing (FFS)

Therapy

Selection
- Screening Score for Identifying an Older Adult at Risk for Future Falls
- Individualized Multifactorial Intervention for Older Adult at Risk for Falls from NICE Standard

Monitoring

Complication Detection
- Morse Fall Risk Scale (MFS)
Comorbid Conditions
- Risk Factors for Serious Injury After Fall from Standing (FFS)

Patient Concerns

Disability And Performance
Quality Of Life

Societal Concerns

Public Health

Specialty

Surgery, orthopedic
Emergency Medicine
Critical Care
Surgery, general

Objective

risk factors
disability and performance
quality of life
public health

ICD-10

W01 - Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling
W19 - Unspecified fall

Info

Purpose: To determine the risk that an elderly patient will fall during the next year based on the time taken to perform 3 simple walking tests.

Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Surgery, general

Objective: risk factors, disability and performance, quality of life, public health

ICD-10: W01, W19,

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