Annual risk of falls resulting in emergency department and hospital attendances for older people: an observational study of 781,081 individuals living in Wales (United Kingdom) including deprivation, frailty and dementia diagnoses between 2010 and 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

falls are common in older people, but associations between falls, dementia and frailty are relatively unknown. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on falls admissions has not been studied.

Aim

to investigate the impact of dementia, frailty, deprivation, previous falls and the differences between years for falls resulting in an emergency department (ED) or hospital admission.

Study design

longitudinal cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

older people (aged 65+) resident in Wales between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2020.

Methods

we created a binary (yes/no) indicator for a fall resulting in an attendance to an ED, hospital or both, per person, per year. We analysed the outcomes using multilevel logistic and multinomial models.

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SUBMITTER: Hollinghurst R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356534 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature