Risk Factors for Hospital Admission After a Fall: A Prospective Cohort Study of Community-Dwelling Older People.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls in later life that require admission to hospital have well-established consequences for future disability and health. The likelihood and severity of a fall will result from the presence of one or more risk factors. The aim of this study is to examine risk factors identified for their ability to prevent falls and to assess whether they are associated with hospital admission after a fall.

Methods

Analyses of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA), a prospective cohort study. In a sample of 3783 men and women older than 60 years old, a range of potential risk factors measured at Wave 4 (demographic, social environment, physical, and mental functioning) were examined as predictors of fall-related hospitalizations, identified using International

SUBMITTER: Abell JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427733 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature