Falls and long-term survival among older adults residing in care homes.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To assess the association between having suffered a fall in the month prior to interview and long-term overall survival in nursing-home residents. METHODS:Retrospective cohort study conducting an overall survival follow-up of 689 representative nursing-home residents from Madrid, Spain. Residents lived in three types of facilities: public, subsidized and private and its information was collected by interviewing the residents, caregivers and/or facility physicians. Residents contributed to follow-up time from their baseline interviews until death or being censored at the end of the 5-year follow-up period. The association between suffering a fall during the month prior to interview and long-term overall survival was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards models. To adjust for po

SUBMITTER: Padron-Monedero A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7205288 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature