ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2019
Risk Factors for Injurious Falls in Older Adults: The Role of Sex and Length of Follow-Up.
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- Cardiovascular Disorders and Falls Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Activity Interventions on Strength, Balance and Falls in Middle-Aged Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
- Exercise reduces the risk of falls in women with polypharmacy: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Trajectories of physical function, depressive symptoms, and cognitive performance before and after falls in older adults: A matched multicohort study.PLoS medicine · 2026Article
- Sex Differences in the Development of a Multidimensional Fall Risk Index for Older Adults.Gerontology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of different fall risk screening tools for risk prediction of ophthalmology inpatients.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Frailty Markers and Falls Among US Clergy.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Age-Period-Cohort Analysis and Prediction of Falls Disease Burden Attributable to Low Bone Mineral Density in China, 1990-2019.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2025Article
- Fruit and vegetable consumption and injurious falls among adults aged ≥ 50 years from low- and middle-income countries.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Using CT imaging to identify sarcopenia as a risk factor for severe falls in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Gender-Specific Patterns of Injury in Older Adults After a Fall from a Four-Wheeled Walker (Rollator): Retrospective Study from a Swiss Level 1 Trauma Centre.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The Effects of Yoga on Fall-Related Physical Functions for Older Women: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The relationship between symptoms of depression and falls in older adults: A case-control study.JAR life · 2025Article
- Association of timed up and go test results with future injurious falls among older adults by sex: a population-based cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Older adults' experiences of being screened for fall risk in a clinical setting: a focus group study.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
- Sarcopenia definitions and their association with injurious falls in older Swedish women from the Sahlgrenska University Hospital Prospective Evaluation of Risk of Bone fractures (SUPERB) study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024Article
- Factors Associated With Incident and Recurrent Falls Among Men Enrolled in Evidence-Based Fall Prevention Programs: An Examination of Race and Ethnicity.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2024Article
- The perceptions of nurses and physicians in primary care of rehabilitation for frail older adults.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Article
- The Association of Skeletal Muscle Energetics With Recurrent Falls in Older Adults Within the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Physical Injury and Psychological Impact: Understanding the High Risk of Depression on Older Adults with Recurrent Falls.Advances in geriatric medicine and research · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify sex-specific associations between risk factors and injurious falls over the short (<4 years) and long (4-10 years) term.
designLongitudinal cohort study between 2001 and 2011.
settingSwedish National Study on Aging and Care, Kungsholmen, Sweden.
participantsCommunity-dwelling adults aged 60 and older (N = 3,112). MEASUREMENTS: An injurious fall was defined as a fall that required inpatient or outpatient care. Information was collected on participant and exposure characteristics using structured interviews, clinical examinations, and physical function tests at baseline.
resultsThe multivariate model showed that, in the short term, living alone (hazard ratio (HR)=1.83, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.13-2.96), dependency in instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) (HR=2.59, 95% CI=1.73-3.87), and previous falls (HR=1.71, 95% CI=1.08-2.72) were independently associated with injurious falls in women. Low systolic blood pressure (HR=1.96, 95% CI=1.04-3.71), impaired chair stands (HR=3.00, 95% CI=1.52-5.93), and previous falls (HR=2.81, 95% CI=1.32-5.97) were associated with injurious falls in men. Long-term risk factors were underweight (HR=2.03, 95% CI=1.40-2.95), cognitive impairment (HR=1.49, 95% CI=1.08-2.06), fall-risk increasing drugs (HR=1.67, 95% CI=1.27-2.20 for ≥2 drugs), and IADL dependency (HR=1.58, 95% CI=1.32-5.97) for women and smoking (HR=1.71, 95% CI=1.03-2.84), heart disease (HR=2.20, 95% CI=1.5-3.24), impaired balance (HR=1.68, 95% CI=1.08-2.62), and a previous fall (HR=3.61, 95% CI=1.98-6.61) for men.
conclusionMen and women have different fall risk profiles, and these differences should be considered when developing preventive strategies. Some risk factors were more strongly predictive of injurious falls over shorter than longer periods and vice versa, suggesting that it may be possible to identify older men and women at short- and long-term risk of injurious falls. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:246-253, 2019.
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