ArticleAmerican journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation2012
Do elderly people at more severe activity of daily living limitation stages fall more?
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- Potentially Avoidable Hospitalizations among People at Different Activity of Daily Living Limitation Stages.Health services research · 2017Article
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- Instrumental activities of daily living staging as a possible clinical tool for falls risk assessment in physical medicine and rehabilitation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2014Article
- Both deterioration and improvement in activities of daily living are related to falls: a 6-year follow-up of the general elderly population study Good Aging in Skåne.Clinical interventions in aging · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to explore how activity of daily living (ADL) stages and the perception of unmet needs for home accessibility features associate with a history of falling.
designParticipants were from a nationally representative sample from the Second Longitudinal Survey of Aging conducted in 1994. The sample included 9250 community-dwelling persons 70 yrs or older. The associations of ADL stage and perception of unmet needs for home accessibility features with a history of falling within the past year (none, once, or multiple times) were explored after accounting for sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidities using a multinomial logistic regression model.
resultsThe adjusted relative risk of falling more than once peaked at 4.30 (95% confidence interval, 3.29-5.61) for persons with severe limitation (ADL-III) compared those with no limitation (ADL-0) then declined for those at complete limitation (ADL-IV). The adjusted relative risks of falling once and multiple times were 1.42 (95% confidence interval, 1.07-1.87) and 1.85 (95% confidence interval, 1.44-2.36), respectively, for those lacking home accessibility features.
conclusionsRisk of falling appeared greatest for those whose homes lacked accessibility features and peaked at intermediate ADL limitation stages, presumably at a point when people have significant disabilities but sufficient function to remain partially active.
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