Open AccessSignificant risk of falls in older cancer patients
Author(s) -
Barton Mary Kay
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/caac.21163
Subject(s) - falls in older adults , medicine , gerontology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medical emergency
The current study (Support Care Cancer [published online ahead of print September 1, 2012]. doi: 10.1007/ s00520-012-1579-4) explored the number of falls experienced by older patients with a new cancer diagnosis and whether these patients were identified as more frail than those not reporting a fall. ‘‘I think many health care providers are somewhat aware that falls might be an issue for their older patients, but they lack the time and knowledge about how to conduct a fall assessment,’’ says lead author Martine Puts, PhD, MSc, BaN, assistant professor of nursing at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.