ArticleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2017
Assessment of risk of falls in elderly living at home.
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- Development and validation of a fall risk Questionnaire in Greek community-dwelling individuals over 60 years old.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2022Article
- Are multimorbidity patterns associated with fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults?BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Muscle Mass and Gait Characteristics in Older Women Fallers vs. Non-Fallers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Impact of Fall Risk and Direct Oral Anticoagulant Treatment on Quality-Adjusted Life-Years in Older Adults with Atrial Fibrillation: A Markov Decision Analysis.Drugs & aging · 2021Article
- Association Between Sensory Loss and Falls Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Population: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Hypothetical Interventions for Falls Among Older Adults: An Application of the Parametric G-Formula.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Objective: to assess the risk of falls in elderly, by comparing the sociodemographic and cognitive factors, history of falls and self-reported comorbidities. Method: cross-sectional and quantitative study with 240 elderly. Data were collected based on the social profile, through the instrument of risk of falls and assessment of falls, by univariate analysis, bivariate and multiple logistic regression. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19 was used for statistical analysis. Results: there was a significant association of the risk of falls, as measured by the Fall Risk Score, with sex (<0.001), age (0.054), cognitive status (<0.001) and history of falls (<0.001). All variables were statistically significant and contributed to the occurrence of falls. In logistic regression, the variables that showed association with risk of falls were: fall, with whom they live, hypertension and visual impairment. Conclusion: female gender, older elderly (over 80 years old), with low cognitive status and occurrence of previous falls in the last six months are factors that increase the prevalence of falls. In logistic regression, the variables that were associated with risk of falls were: fall, with whom they live, visual impairment and rheumatologic diseases.
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