Recurrent falls affect between 14.8% and 19% of the elderly population, and are associated with an increased risk of @entity174 . We know little about the influence the history of recurrent falls may have on recovery after @entity173 . METHODS: Cohort study. The @entity1 included were, over 65 years admitted during a 1 year period to the General University Hospital of Albacete with a @entity173 due to a fall. Recurrent falls were defined as a history of two or more falls within the 6 months prior to the @entity174 . VARIABLES: demographic data, circumstances of fall, number of falls in the previous 6 months, type of @entity174 and its repair, comorbidity and drug treatment, cognitive status at admission (Pfeiffer test) and independence for activities of daily living (Barthel Index - BI) were collected. A subsample of @entity1 with pre- @entity174 BI >=  60 and Pfeiffer at admission  <= 4 was followed up at 3, 6 and 12 months. RESULTS: A total of 335 @entity1 were admitted. Data were collected on 279 of them, 19.4% of whom had previously suffered two or more falls. The recurrent fallers had a worse mental status on admission, a higher number of associated diseases, a lower percentage of independence in dressing and in bed-chair transferring than @entity1 without history of recurrent falls, all statistically significant. In the 201 @entity1 followed up, the impairment on the BI after 12 months compared to the BI previous to @entity174 was higher in recurrent fallers (-20.8    31.54 vs -10.73    20.21, P=.04), focusing more on independence in eating (76% vs 91.9%, P<.05), grooming (72% vs 91,9%, P<.01), faecal continence (60% vs 78.7%, p<.05) and walking indoors (80% vs 93.3%, P<.05). CONCLUSIONS: The recovery of independence after @entity173 is significantly lower in the group of recurrent fallers in @entity1 without moderate or severe functional impairment previous to @entity174 and cognitively stable.

[Characteristics of @entity173 and functional recovery in elderly XXXX with a history of recurrent falling].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity173 :: ('MESH:D006620', 'Disease') :: ['hip fracture'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['people']
