ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2019
Likelihood of Sustaining an Injury in the Setting of Multiple Falls.
Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Implementation of a multifactorial fall intervention model to guide hospital nurses: A quasi-experimental before-and-after study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From First Slip to Second Setback: Intracranial Injury Risk after Recurrent Falls in Older Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Advances in geriatric medicine and research · 2025Article
- Changes in anticholinergic cognitive burden and risk of single and recurrent falls: population-based cohort study.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Risk of major bleeding in recurrent fallers receiving anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study.Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate the relationship between number of falls and risk of injury after a specific fall.
designProspective cohort study.
settingGreater New Haven, Connecticut.
participantsProbability sample of 1,103 community-living persons aged 72 and older. MEASUREMENTS: Falls and fall-related injuries were ascertained monthly for 3 years using a fall calendar and follow-up telephone interviews.
resultsOf 606 participants with a fall, 164 (27.0%) had at least 1 fall with a serious injury, and 455 (75.1%) had at least 1 fall with any injury; mean number of falls was 2.6±2.3 (range 1-18), of falls with serious injury was 0.3±0.6 (range 0-4), and of falls with any injury was 1.4±1.4 (range 0-9). On a per-participant basis, risk of serious injury and any injury increased progressively as the number of falls increased (P < .001). On a per-fall basis, risk of serious injury and any injury increased from 1 to 2 falls but then decreased from 2 to 3 or 4 falls and from 3 or 4 to 5 or more falls, although these differences were not statistically significant. The results were consistent for women and men and for analyses that evaluated the proportion of falls with injuries.
conclusionIn community-living older persons, risk of injury from a specific fall did not differ as the number of falls increased. Falls appear to operate independently in terms of conferring risk of injury in the setting of multiple falls. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:119-123, 2019.
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