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                                                                <journal-id>sdü tıp fak derg</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2602-2109</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17343/sdutfd.993080</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Clinical Sciences</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Klinik Tıp Bilimleri</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>FACTORS AFFECTING THE FALL RISK AND ASSISTIVE WALKING DEVICE USE OF PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>DİZ OSTEOARTRİTLİ HASTALARDA DÜŞME RİSKİNİ VE YARDIMCI YÜRÜME CİHAZI KULLANIMINI ETKİLEYEN FAKTÖRLER</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-2207</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Baykal</surname>
                                    <given-names>Tuba</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp fakültesi</aff>
                                                            </contrib>
                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1512-6506</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Erdemir</surname>
                                    <given-names>Esra</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Zile Devlet Hastanesi</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20220630">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>30</month>
                    <year>2022</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>29</volume>
                                        <issue>2</issue>
                                        <fpage>179</fpage>
                                        <lpage>186</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20210909">
                        <day>09</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2021</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20211112">
                        <day>11</day>
                        <month>12</month>
                        <year>2021</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 1994, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>1994</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>ObjectiveIn this study, we aimed to investigate the risk of fallingin patients with advanced-stage knee osteoarthritis andthe rates of assistive walking device use, and the factorsaffecting the use of these devices in such patients.Materials and MethodsIn this prospective, cross-sectional, observationalstudy, we included 79 patients (72 females, 7 males;median age 60 years; range, 40 to 75) with advancedstageknee osteoarthritis. We assessed the balancestatus of the patients with the Berg Balance Scale,pain levels with the Numeric Rating Scale, selfreporteddisability scores with the Western Ontarioand McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.Our primary outcome measurements were balancestatus, and assistive walking device usage rates ofthe patients. Secondary outcome measures wereage, obesity, disease severity, pain levels, disabilityscores, and fall history.ResultsAccording to Berg Balance Scale, 40 (50.6 %)patients had a risk of fall. Assistive walking deviceusage rates were 21.5 % and 42.5 % for the totalof the patients and for the patients at risk of falling,respectively. There was a statistically significantdifference in assistive walking device use betweenthose at risk of falling and those without (P</p></abstract>
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                            <p>AmaçBu çalışmada, ileri evre diz osteoartriti olan hastalardadüşme riskini ve yardımcı yürüme cihazı kullanımoranlarını ve bu hastalarda bu cihazların kullanımınıetkileyen faktörleri araştırmayı amaçladık.Gereç ve YöntemBu prospektif, kesitsel, gözlemsel çalışmaya Mart2020 ile Eylül 2020 arasında polikliniğimize başvuranve ileri evre diz osteoartriti olan 79 hastayı (72 kadın,7 erkek; medyan yaş 60; dağılım, 40-75) dahilettik. Hastaların denge durumunu Berg Denge Ölçeğiile ağrı düzeylerini Sayısal Derecelendirme Ölçeği ilekişi beyanına dayanan dizabilite skorlarını ise WesternOntario and McMaster Universities OsteoarthritisIndex ile değerlendirdik. Birincil sonlanım noktasıhastaların denge durumu ve yardımcı yürüme cihazıkullanım oranlarıydı. İkincil sonlanım noktaları iseyaş, obezite, hastalık şiddeti, ağrı düzeyleri, sakatlıkskorları ve düşme öyküsüydü.BulgularBerg Denge Skalasına göre 40 (% 50,6) hastada düşmeriski saptandı. Yardımcı yürüme cihazı kullanımoranları tüm hastalarda ve düşme riski olan hastalardasırasıyla % 21.5 ve % 42.5 idi. Düşme riski olanlarile olmayanlar arasında yardımcı yürüme cihazıkullanımı açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farkvardı (p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Knee osteoarthritis</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  risk of falling</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Assistive walking device</kwd>
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                                                                            <kwd-group xml:lang="tr">
                                                    <kwd>Diz osteoartriti</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  düşme riski</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  yardımcı yürüme cihazı</kwd>
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