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A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community
Tinetti M, Baker D, McAvay G, Claus E, Garrett P, Gottschalk M, Koch M, Trainor K, Horwitz R. A Multifactorial Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Falling among Elderly People Living in the Community. New England Journal Of Medicine 1994, 331: 821-827. PMID: 8078528, DOI: 10.1056/nejm199409293311301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsIntervention groupControl groupPrescription medicationsAdjusted incidence rate ratioTargeted risk factorsUsual health careElderly peopleRisk factor modificationIncidence rate ratiosUse of sedativesTime of reassessmentYears of ageParticular risk factorsRange of motionProportion of personsPostural hypotensionMultifactorial interventionSerious morbidityExercise programGait impairmentBalance impairmentLeg strengthElderly personsMedications
2001
Validation of Dizziness as a Possible Geriatric Syndrome
Kao A, Nanda A, Williams C, Tinetti M. Validation of Dizziness as a Possible Geriatric Syndrome. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2001, 49: 72-75. PMID: 11207845, DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49012.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReports of dizzinessRisk factorsGeriatric syndromesOlder personsClinic-based cohortCharacteristics of patientsSeverity of dizzinessCommunity-based cohortPopulation-based studyClinic-based populationCross-sectional studyPhysical examination dataEligible patientsPostural hypotensionMore medicationsMultifactorial interventionOlder patientsMedical historyMyocardial infarctionDizzinessMultifactorial etiologyDepressive symptomsAbnormal balancePatientsDiscrete disease
2000
Dizziness among older adults: a possible geriatric syndrome.
Tinetti M, Williams C, Gill T. Dizziness among older adults: a possible geriatric syndrome. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2000, 132: 337-44. PMID: 10691583, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-5-200003070-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnxietyConnecticutCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionDizzinessDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFemaleHearing DisordersHumansHypotension, OrthostaticMaleMyocardial InfarctionPostural BalancePrevalenceRisk FactorsSensation DisordersStatistics as TopicSyndromeConceptsAdjusted relative riskGeriatric syndromesRelative riskEpisodes of dizzinessCommunity-living personsPast myocardial infarctionCross-sectional studyYears of agePostural hypotensionMore medicationsMyocardial infarctionImpaired balanceDizzinessDepressive symptomsSyndromeImpaired hearingSpecific causesOlder adultsMultiple causesSymptomsProbability sampleRiskSensationCauseNew Haven