Risk Profiles for Falls among Older Adults: New Directions for Prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To address whether neighborhood factors, together with older adults' levels of health and functioning, suggest new combinations of risk factors for falls and new directions for prevention. To explore the utility of Grade-of-Membership (GoM) analysis to conduct this descriptive analysis.

Method

This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study of 884 people aged ≥65 years from Alameda County, CA, Cook County, IL, Allegheny County, PA, and Wake and Durham counties, NC. Interviews focused on neighborhood characteristics, physical and cognitive function, walking, and falls and injuries. Four risk profiles (higher order interactions of individual and neighborhood factors) were derived from GoM analysis.

Results

Profiles 1 and 2 reflect previous results showing that fr

SUBMITTER: Satariano WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5539824 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature