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An opportunity to identify and prevent frailty through falls intervention

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Authors

  • Marta Neira Álvarez Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía. Fundación HUIS HHen. San Sebastián de los Reyes. Madrid. España.
  • Ainhoa Esteve Arríen Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor. Madrid. España.
  • María Ángeles Caballero Mora Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real. Ciudad Real. España.
  • Bárbara Pérez Pena Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Santander. España.
  • Mariano Esbri Victor Hospital Universitario Perpetuo Socorro. Albacete. España.
  • Bernardo Cedeño Veloz Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra. Pamplona. España.
  • Giovanna Cristofori Hospital Central de la Cruz Roja. Madrid. España.
  • Alfonso González Ramírez Hospital Universitario de Salamanca. Salamanca. España.
  • Irene Bartolomé Martín HospitalUniversitario de Guadalajara. Guadalajara. España.
  • Grupo de Estudio de las Caídas de la Sociedad Española de Medicina Geriátrica

Keywords:

Falls, Aging, Frailty, Disability

Abstract

Falls are one of the classic giant geriatric syndromes with a multifactorial etiopathogenesis and closely related to frailty, being this relationship bidirectional. The Consensus Document on the Prevention of Frailty and Falls approved by the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System in 2014 provides recommendations for the screening of frailty and falls in all older adults in order to develop a management plan in high risk older adults so to prevent disability. This review describes the intrinsic relationship between frailty and falls, falls assessment and screening instruments to use and detect frailty and finally gives evidence-based recommendations to reduce falls impact.

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Neira Álvarez M, Esteve Arríen A, Caballero Mora M Ángeles, Pérez Pena B, Esbri Victor M, Cedeño Veloz B, et al. An opportunity to identify and prevent frailty through falls intervention: e202110174. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2021 Oct. 20 [cited 2025 May 24];95:16 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/451

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