Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  1998 Dec;1(1):43-50.

The Literature Review for Fall in the Elderly

• Kim WO

Abstract

The literature review for fall in the elderly has been done for the better quality of life of increasing elderly people toward 21 st century. Because 30 to 50% of over sixty five years old persons have experiences of fall, five percent of the fallen have trauma such as bone fracture requiring hospitalization and three quarter of people who die as fall are over 65 year old, fall is important health problem of them. There are very little societal interest in and research related to fall. Therefore, among recent foreign and our literatures studying literature review of frequency of fall, risk factors and assessing method for fall, and the management of fall prevention program, I would like to find research direction. Conclusivelly, we should study extensively the survey of the elderly's fall and on the basis of it, developing fall prevention program, promote the elderly' s health through fall prevention.

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Fractures, Bone
Hospitalization
Humans
Quality of Life
Risk Factors