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    Prospective study of falls and risk factors for falls in adults with advanced cancer.

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    Stone, Carol A
    Lawlor, Peter G
    Savva, George M
    Bennett, Kathleen
    Kenny, Rose Anne
    Affiliation
    Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services, Harold's Cross, Ireland. carolstone130@yahoo.co.uk
    Issue Date
    2012-06-10
    MeSH
    Accidental Falls
    Aged
    Aging
    Female
    Humans
    Incidence
    Male
    Middle Aged
    Neoplasms
    Palliative Care
    Proportional Hazards Models
    Prospective Studies
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    Prospective study of falls and risk factors for falls in adults with advanced cancer. 2012, 30 (17):2128-33 J. Clin. Oncol.
    Journal
    Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/248580
    DOI
    10.1200/JCO.2011.40.7791
    PubMed ID
    22585687
    Abstract
    Retrospective studies of inpatients with cancer suggest that a cancer diagnosis confers a high risk of falls. In adults with advanced cancer, we aimed to prospectively document the incidence of falls, identify the risk factors, and determine if falls in this population occur predominantly in older patients.
    Patients admitted consecutively to community and inpatient palliative care services with metastatic or locoregionally advanced cancer who were mobile without assistance were recruited. Risk-factor assessment was conducted on initial encounter. Patients underwent follow-up via weekly telephone contact for 6 months or until time of fall or death. Relationship between covariates and time to fall was examined using hazard ratios (HRs) derived from univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models.
    Of 185 participants (52.4% men; mean age 68 ± standard deviation of 12.6 years), 50.3% fell; 35 (53%) of 66 participants age < 65 years and 58 (48.7%) of 119 age ≥ 65 years fell; 61.3% of falls occurred in the community; 42% resulted in injury. Median time to fall was 96 days (95% CI, 64.66 to 127.34). Primary brain tumor or brain metastasis (HR 2.5; P = .002), number of falls in the preceding 3 months (HR, 1.27; P = .005), severity of depression (HR, 1.12; P = .012), benzodiazepine dose (HR, 1.05; P = .004), and cancer-related pain (HR, 1.96; P = .024) were independently associated with time to fall in multivariate analysis.
    Fifty percent of adults with advanced cancer, regardless of age, will experience a fall associated with high risk of physical injury. There is a compelling need to assess the efficacy of assessment and management of modifiable fall risk factors in patients with advanced cancer.
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    en
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    1527-7755
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1200/JCO.2011.40.7791
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