A Prospective Study of Back Pain and Risk of Falls Among Older Community-dwelling Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Back pain and falls are common health conditions among older U.S. women. The extent to which back pain is an independent risk factor for falls has not been established.

Methods

We conducted a prospective study among 6,841 community-dwelling U.S. women at least 65 years of age from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF). Baseline questionnaires inquired about any back pain, pain severity, and frequency in the past year. During 1 year of follow-up, falls were summed from self-reports obtained every 4 months. Two outcomes were studied: recurrent falls (≥2 falls) and any fall (≥1 fall). Associations of back pain and each fall outcome were estimated with risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from multivariable log-binomial regression. Adjustments were

SUBMITTER: Marshall LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4978357 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature