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Factors Associated with Falls in the Elderly: A Community Study
Abstract
In 2793 respondents aged 65 and over in a survey of a geographically defined community, who were asked about falls in the preceding twelve months, the estimated annual prevalence rate (persons) of falls was 28.0%. Standardized for age, the rate was twice as high in women as in men. Rates increased with age but more steeply in men than in women. Compared with non-fallers, fallers had been in more recent contact with their general practitioner, showed higher prevalence of problems with mobility and daily living, a more frequent history of stroke and heart disease, and had more episodes of non-rotatory vertigo, double vision, faints and blackouts and episodes of weakness or numbness. Fallers also showed more frequent evidence suggestive of cognitive impairment. More fallers than non-fallers were taking diuretics and tranquilizers and these associations merit further study.
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- Authors
- Prudham, D., & Evans, J. G.
- Venue
- Age and Ageing
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1981-01-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 141-146
- ISSN
- 0002-0729 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2834
- OpenAlex
- W2081040481
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- FWCI
- 53.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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