Health, functional, and psychological outcomes among older persons with chronic dizziness
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A population-based prospective cohort study has been carried out in 1087 persons 72 and older, to find the range of adverse outcomes associated with chronic dizziness. It was concluded that reducing symptoms and alleviating physical, social and psychological disability that come from them is desirable. Identifying and treating discrete diseases causing the dizziness is often expensive and unrewarding.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2000
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Validation of dizziness as a possible geriatric syndrome
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This article examines risk factors associated with chronic dizziness in older adults. Findings indicate that depression, abnormal balance, cataracts, postural hypotension, past heart attack, and diabetes are significantly associated with the development of chronic dizziness among geriatric patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
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Mismatches between the home environment and physical capabilities among community-living older persons
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The homes of older people with functional problems should be equipped to ease transfers, balance, and gait deficits. A survey of environmental hazards in the homes of 1,088 older citizens pointed to the prevalence of low chairs, obstructed pathways, and loose throw rugs regardless of physical frailty. Grab bars in the bath tub or shower were more often installed in the homes of older frail people than in those of people without deficits, if they were installed at all.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1999
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