Abstract
With the increasing age, chronicity of illness, and medication side-effects, the psychiatric patients tend to have higher incidence of commodity and rate of accidents. Falls is the most devastating accidents and the ability to maintain balance is pivotal for the well-beings of this population. It appeared that different patterns of fall risk factors may be evident in psychiatric patients but with few scientific evidence. The existing tools for evaluation of risk of falls were not applicable on this population. This study intended to quantitatively measure the balance ability in psychiatric patients with and without fall history. The results could further contribute to falls prevention in long term care unit.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2016 |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 278-281 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509038336 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 16 12 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 16th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2016 - Taichung, Taiwan Duration: 31 10 2016 → 02 11 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2016 |
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Conference
Conference | 16th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, BIBE 2016 |
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Country/Territory | Taiwan |
City | Taichung |
Period | 31/10/16 → 02/11/16 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 IEEE.
Keywords
- Balance ability
- CoP
- Health-related quality of life