Risk Factors for Injurious Falls in Older Adults: The Role of Sex and Length of Follow-Up.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify sex-specific associations between risk factors and injurious falls over the short (<4 years) and long (4-10 years) term.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study between 2001 and 2011.

Setting

Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, Kungsholmen, Sweden.

Participants

Community-dwelling adults aged 60 and older (N = 3,112).

Measurements

An injurious fall was defined as a fall that required inpatient or outpatient care. Information was collected on participant and exposure characteristics using structured interviews, clinical examinations, and physical function tests at baseline.

Results

The multivariate model showed that, in the short term, living alone (hazard ratio (HR)=1.83, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.13-2.96), dependency in

SUBMITTER: Ek S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7379536 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature