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Exploring The Use Of The Timed Up And Go Test To Identify Patient Fall Risk In An Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, Danielle Struble-Fitzsimmons
Exploring The Use Of The Timed Up And Go Test To Identify Patient Fall Risk In An Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, Danielle Struble-Fitzsimmons
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Background: Patient falls during hospitalization influence healthcare costs and quality, and hospitals are mandated to complete fall risk assessments on all patients. Inpatient geriatric psychiatry units have the highest fall rates in the acute care setting, and most falls in this population occur during the mobility tasks of transfers and ambulation. The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test includes these two specific functional tasks, and has been used to predict falls in other geriatric populations, but has never been tested in an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit. The purpose of this study was to determine if the TUG is a predictive …
Effects Of Chemotherapy-Induced-Peripheral-Neuropathy On Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters And Fall Risk In Cancer Patients After The Completion Of Chemotherapy Drug Treatment, Timothy F. Marshall
Effects Of Chemotherapy-Induced-Peripheral-Neuropathy On Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters And Fall Risk In Cancer Patients After The Completion Of Chemotherapy Drug Treatment, Timothy F. Marshall
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
Background: Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy often experience chemotherapy-induced-peripheral-neuropathy, which reportedly causes gait disturbances that may increase their risk for falls. Falls are a significant event because they have been linked to serious injuries and disabilities, loss of independence, and increased mortality rates. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess whether chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is associated with spatiotemporal gait adaptations in posttreatment adult cancer survivors when compared to healthy, disease-free, age and morphologically matched controls. Methods: In a quasi-experimental design, 16 subjects participated in the present study. There were 8 CIPN subjects between the ages of 50–70 years of …