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The Impact of (Domestic) Falling on General Health Status of elderly in Beni Suef Governorate

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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 .

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10.21608/ejhc.2024.348958

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impact, domestic, falling, Elderly, General health status

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Ahmed Gaber

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Bachelor of Nursing Science Lecturer of Community Health Nursing Faculty of nursing –Beni Suef University,

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Sayed Abd –Ghafar Mohamed

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Bachelor of Nursing Science Lecturer of Community Health Nursing Faculty of nursing –Beni Suef University,

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Laila

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Awadeen

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Beni-Suef University

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Abd Elkader Ahmed

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing .

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15

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44826

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2024-03-01

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2024-04-04

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2024-03-01

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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The Impact of (Domestic) Falling on General Health Status of elderly in Beni Suef Governorate

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24 Dec 2024