Frequency and Predictors of Falls Among Adults With Heart Failure: A Prospective Study

Adults with heart failure (HF) may be at high risk for falling due to age, comorbidities and frailty; however, few studies have examined falls in HF. The purpose of this study was to quantify the frequency and predictors of falls over 1 year among adults with HF. We conducted a prospective study of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiac failure 2023-03, Vol.29 (3), p.414-418
Hauptverfasser: DENFELD, QUIN E., GOODLIN, SARAH, ABEDALWELI, RAND, ROBERTS DAVIS, MARY, HIATT, SHIRIN O., LEE, CHRISTOPHER S., WINTERS-STONE, KERRI
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Zusammenfassung:Adults with heart failure (HF) may be at high risk for falling due to age, comorbidities and frailty; however, few studies have examined falls in HF. The purpose of this study was to quantify the frequency and predictors of falls over 1 year among adults with HF. We conducted a prospective study of adults with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I–IV HF. After baseline assessment of physical frailty and clinical characteristics, participants self-reported falls every 3 months during 1 year. Comparative statistics were used to identify baseline differences between those who fell vs those who did not. A stepwise negative binomial regression model was used to identify predictors of fall rate over 1 year. The sample (n = 111) was 63.4 ± 15.7 years old, 48% were women, 28% had HF with preserved ejection fraction, and 41% were frail. Over 1 year, 43 (39%) of participants reported at least 1 fall and 28 (25%) of participants reported 2+ falls. Among those who fell, 29 (67%) reported injurious falls. Those who fell had significantly higher body mass indexes and were more likely to have NYHA class III/IV, type 2 diabetes and HF with preserved ejection fraction and to meet slowness and physical exhaustion criteria than those who did not fall. The fall rate was elevated among those with type 2 diabetes and those meeting the slowness and physical exhaustion criteria for physical frailty. Nearly 40% of adults with HF experienced a fall within 1 year. Screening for comorbidities, slowness and exhaustion may help to identify those at risk for a fall. [Display omitted]
ISSN:1071-9164
1532-8414
DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.09.011