Defective Assistive Device Involvement in Older Adult Emergency Department Visits.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Many older adults adopt equipment to address physical limitations and reduce dependence on others to complete basic activities of daily living. Although a few prior studies have considered injuries associated with assistive devices for older adults, those studies focused on older adults' health and functional risks for injury. There is limited analysis of older adult injuries involving defective or malfunctioning assistive devices.

Research design and methods

Data from this study are from the National Electronic Surveillance System All Injury Program which collected data on consumer product-related injuries from a probability sample of 66 hospital Emergency Departments across the United States. Data from 30 776 older adult Emergency Department (ED)

SUBMITTER: Restrepo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10833462 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature