Sex Differences in the Association Between Pain and Injurious Falls in Older Adults: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: We investigated whether there are sex differences in the association between pain and incident injurious falls. A total of 2,934 people (ages ≥60 years) from the population-based Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (2001-2004) participated. Participants were followed up for 3 and 10 years for falls leading to hospitalization or outpatient care. Data were analyzed with flexible parametric survival models that adjusted for potential confounders. During the first 3 years of follow-up, 67 men and 194 women experienced an injurious fall, and over 10 years of follow up, 203 men and 548 women experienced such a fall. In men, the presence of pain, having pain that was at least mild, having pain that affected several daily activities, and having daily pain all significantly incr

SUBMITTER: Welmer AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860481 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature