ArticleResearch on aging2017
Biopsychosocial Predictors of Fall Events Among Older African Americans.
Article in Research on aging, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A population study on factors associated with unintentional falls among Iranian older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Living Alone, Environmental Hazards, and Falls Among U.S. Older Adults.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Fall classification, incidence and circumstances in patients undergoing total knee replacement.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic status and ADL disability of the older adults: Cumulative health effects, social outcomes and impact mechanisms.PloS one · 2022Article
- Multi-Dimensional Impact of Chronic Low Back Pain among Underserved African American and Latino Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Inflammatory Biomarkers, Depressive Symptoms and Falls Among the elderly in Panama.Current aging science · 2019Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication use among hypertensive older African-American adults.BMC geriatrics · 2018Observational
- Neighborhood Environment and Falls among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Disparities in Physical and Psychological Symptoms in Hospitalized African American and White Persons with Dementia.Journal of aging and healthArticle
- Evaluation of race as a predictor of fear of falling in Black older adults.Clinical gerontologistArticle
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Abstract
This study identifies risk and protective factors for falls among older, community-dwelling African Americans. Drawing upon the biopsychosocial perspective, we conducted a series of sex- and age-adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses to identify the correlates of fall events among older African Americans. Our sample consisted of 1,442 community-dwelling African Americans aged 65 and older, participating in the 2010-2012 rounds of the Health and Retirement Study. Biophysical characteristics associated with greater relative risk of experiencing single and/or multiple falls included greater functional limitations, poorer self-rated health, poorer self-rated vision, chronic illnesses (high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, lung disease, heart problems, stroke, and arthritis), greater chronic illness comorbidity, older age, and female sex. Physical activity was negatively associated with recurrent falls. Among the examined psychosocial characteristics, greater depressive symptoms were associated with greater relative risk of experiencing single and multiple fall events. Implications for clinicians and future studies are discussed.
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