Incidence and risk factors of falls in older people with chronic comorbidities in community: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the prevalence of falls among older adult individuals with comorbidities in community and to analyze the risk factors.

Methods

Using multi-stage stratified random sampling method, a total of 886 older people aged over 60 years with comorbidities were selected from 10 communities as research subjects between April 2022 and December 2023. Data collection involved the use of a general information questionnaire, frail scale, self-rating anxiety scale, fall risk self-rating scale, standing up and walking timing test, and Berg Balance Scale. The patients were categorized into two groups based on fall occurrence, and χ² test and logistic regression analysis were employed to identify the risk factors for falls.

Results

The incidence of fall

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12504252 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature