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Risk factors for falls in patients with total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Risk factors linked to falls in patients with hip or knee replacement surgery
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Abstract
A total of 1,292,689 participants were analyzed across twelve studies to identify risk factors for falls after hip and knee surgeries.
- Twenty-nine risk factors for falls after total hip or knee arthroplasty were classified into inpatient and post-discharge categories.
- Moderate evidence suggests that postoperative complications or comorbidities and revision surgeries are key risk factors for inpatient falls.
- Post-discharge falls may be associated with medications, psychiatric conditions, living alone, previous surgery history, history of falls, and being female.
- The quality of the included studies varied, and sample sizes were not always justified.
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