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Assessment of the Risk of Falling in Patients with Diabetes
ISSN: 2687 - 5365
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Assessment of the Risk of Falling in Patients with Diabetes
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Abstract
This study was designed to assessment the fall risk in patient with diabetes patients and to ascertain the extent to which diabetic complications and diabetic foot might be contributing factors to this risk. The sample of this descriptive, cross-sectional study consisted of 300 patients with diabetes who had been referred to department of diabetes and endocrinology at a university hospital in the south of Turkey. Data were collected using, the “Patient Information Form,†“Turkish - Morse Fall Scale,†and the "Diabetes Foot Risk Assessment Tool.†Balance was assessed using the modified “Flamingo balance test.†The mean age of the patients was 59.7±16.5 years, 58.7% of which were women. The mean number of years since the onset of diabetes was 13.3±10.0 years, while mean HbA1c levels were 9.0±2.3%. For most of the patients (64.3%), the risk of falling was high. The patients scored poorly on the Flamingo balance test. A s...
