TY  - JOUR
TI  - Effectiveness of reminder telephone calls for physical activity on the fall risk in older adults: A nonrandomized posttest-only evaluation study
AB  - Purpose: The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of reminder telephone calls for physical activity on fall risk in older adults. 
Materials and Methods: This study was nonrandomized posttest-only evaluation. The older adults were non-randomly assigned to the reminder telephone call group (n=30), the control group (n=30). For the reminder telephone call group, the physical activity program to be applied at home 3 days a week, for a total of 8 weeks. The participants were invited to an outpatient follow-up at the 4th and 8th weeks, and the fall risk was evaluated by using the Multiple Platform Dynamic Posturography Device. 
Results: The majority were women (93.33%), and their mean age was 70.40 ± 6.52 years. Of the participants, 43.33% live alone, 51.67% use drugs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory), 61.67% had fall history. The mean fall risk in both follow-ups after the reminder telephone call for physical activity was significantly lower in the experimental group than the control group 
Conclusion: Telephone call including reminders and encouragement for physical activity was effective on the fall risk in older adults.
AU  - culha, yeliz
AU  - Buyukyilmaz, Funda
AU  - Saridogan, Merih
AU  - Çakır, Ayşe Didem
DO  - 10.17826/cumj.977516
PY  - 2022
JO  - Cukurova Medical Journal
VL  - 47
IS  - 1
SN  - 2602-3032
SP  - 322
EP  - 331
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/519947
ER  -