Outcome measures
The number of changes patients are asked to commit to after completing the HOMEFAST assessment
What is 2?
How long the Otago exercise program is intended to be carried out by patient.
What is 6 months?
This impairment of the genitourinary system can impact falls and fall risk.
What is incontinence?
What is urgency?
The number one cause of fatal and non fatal injuries in older adults.
What are falls?
This first year college coach is a former NFL player and coaching a team that won only 1 game in 2022.
Who is Deon Sanders, head coach of Colorado University?
2 environmental change examples from the HOMEFAST
What are: Removing throw rugs, adding nightlights, putting pets away, removing clutter, etc..
When delivered by a therapist in the home- the otago exercise program has been shown to reduce falls by this amount.
What is 35-40%
This impairment of the circulatory system can increase fall risk.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
What is LE Edema?
...
Percentage of falls that are not reported to their provider by patients 65 and older.
a). more than 50%
b). more than 33%
c). more than 65%
d). more than 25%
More than 50%
The two teams in last year's Superbowl.
Who are the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles
A self selected walking speed slower than this is shown to be a reliable, valid, sensitive, specific, measure to indicate increased fall risk, mortality, and predict future health decline.
what is 1.86 ft/s?
Walking speed: the 6th vital sign.
8 ft gait: >4.3 sec
The number of LE strength and balance exercises in OTAGO
What are 5 LE strengthening and 12 balance exercises.
(*Not all balance exercises need to be prescribed to achieve results)
This can be responsible for a patients fall/fall risk as an unintended outcome of otherwise medically necessary intervention.
What are medication side effects and interactions?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: NAME 2 medications than can affect fall risk and why
An older adult is treated in the ED every ___ seconds for a fall.
a). 28
b). 2
c). 11
d). 55
every 11 seconds
The 2 teams still remaining in the pac-12.
Who are Oregon State University and Washington State University.
An outcome tool used at SOC and DC that measures the patients fear of falling in our Fall Prevention Booklet.
What is the Modified Falls Efficacy Scale?
The frequency of walking prescription with the OTAGO exercise program to achieve results.
What is 30 minutes total walking/day, 2 days per week?
*At usual pace with usual aid indoor or outdoor.
This diagnosis has symptoms of vertigo and falling, can be diagnosed in the home a Dix Hallpike test, and can be treated successfully in 2 visits 90% of the time.
What is BPPV?
The percentage of falls that occur in the home.
What is 85%.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: What percentage of falls are due to environmental hazards?
How long Aaron Rodgers played on the field as a Jets QB before he tore his achilles.
What is 94 seconds?
The time to complete the TUG outcome measure which indicates a fall risk in elderly adults.
What is 12 seconds?
The frequency of exercises prescription in Otago to be effective (time/day and days/wk)
What is 30 minutes total/day, 3 times per week with a rest day in between?
A neurological disorder that can result in a increased fall risk.
What is.... Parkinsons, ALS, MS, etc.
After discharge from an acute setting, patients are __ times more likely to fall in the first 2 wks:
a). 2
b). 3
c). 4
d). 5
What is 4 times more likely to fall in first 2 weeks after DC from acute setting.
This injury is 4x more likely to hapen to a football player than a concussion.
What is an ACL tear?