WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Muhammad Talha*, Dr. Abdul Rehman Khokhar, Pervisha Nazir, Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Tanveer Kakar, Suliman Ahmad

ABSTRACT

Background: The elderly and geriatric population exhibited the highest prevalence of balance disorders. The prevalence of fall risk increased along with the growth in balancing disorders. Falls are ranked as the second most common cause of unintentional injury worldwide. The primary health concern for older persons was falls. Objectives: The purpose of our study was to ascertain the prevalence of balance problems and how often they occur in the elderly population, as well as how these problems relate to falls. Methodology: In our study, information was gathered from 184 elderly individuals. There were 78 females and 106 guys among them. Every participant was 65 years of age or older. We employed the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) to gather data. Each point on the 14-item Berg Balance Scale (BBS) is rated from 0 to 4, with 4 denoting normalcy and 0 denoting severity. 56 was the final BBS score. Results: The findings demonstrated that participants in our study, both male and female, experienced a higher chance of falling. The gender distribution of the participants was classified as follows: 1 for males and 2 for females. In our data, there were 184 persons in the entire sample size; 106 of them were men (576.6% of the sample size) and 78 were women (42.4%). Conclusion: We deduced that balance disorders afflicted the elderly population and increased their risk of falling. We also found that the prevalence of fall risk was higher in the male population than in the female population.

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