The Impact of (Domestic) Falling on General Health Status of elderly in Beni Suef Governorate | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2024, Page 1646-1668 PDF (808.12 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2024.348958 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Aya Ahmed Gaber1; Saher Sayed Abd –Ghafar Mohamed1; Laila Awadeen2; Mervat Abd Elkader Ahmed3 | ||||
| 1Bachelor of Nursing Science Lecturer of Community Health Nursing Faculty of nursing –Beni Suef University, | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing . | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Globally, falls are a major public health problem .elderly falls consider one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Elderly falls has a serious burden on elderly and community health. Falls are the primary cause of thickness and death among the elderly which has a serious impact either on physical ,social ,or psychological and emotional health. Aim: To assess the impact of domestic falling on general health status of elderly in beni suef governorate. Methodology: this study was Descriptive study, The Setting: the study was conducted in three geriatric homes in Beni suief city,The sample , A convenient sample of all elderly in the stated geriatric homes (100) elderly were included in the study.The Tool : Two data collection tools were used in the current study:First tool: Socio-demographic Questionnaire, Second tool: Elderly Health Assessment Questionnaire,( Part 1:physical health rating scale , Part 2: Psychological and Emotional Scale , Part 3: Social Heath Scale , Part 4: Elderly Rehabilitation Practices Scale).The result: Two third of studied elderly were male and were not read and write.more of them were in the age category (70<80). Nearly two thirds of the elderly had high impact of domestic falls on their physical health status and nearly one third had moderate impact . three quarters of the studied elderly had fair impact of domestic falls on their psychological and emotional health. three quarters of them (75%) had moderate impact on their social health status while (20% and 5%) from them had low and high impact respectively .Conclusions : there is a high significant statistical relation between socio demographic characteristics and total impact of domestic falls on elderly social health status as p value >0.01. there is high significant statistical relation between total impact of domestic falls on Psychological and emotional health and their age, marital status, occupation and weight as p value=p<0.01(0.000),66. present significant correlation between psychological variable and the following variables (fall, physical ,social ),while no correlation between psychological and rehabilitation .Recommendations: Continuous health education for elderly and care giver about the medical δ environmental reasons of falls ,risk factors of falls ,measures to prevent domestic falls , how to overcome and avoid fallings consequences . | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Impact; Domestic; Falling; elderly; General Health Status | ||||
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