Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yu, Pu-lin
• Qin, Zhao-hui
• Shi, Jing
• Wu, Zheng-lai
• Sun, Zhen-qiu

Titel

Study on the relationship between chronic diseases and falls in the elderly

Ist Teil von

• Zhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì, 2009-11, Vol.30 (11), p.1156

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To explore the risk factors on chronic diseases related to falls in the urban-community elderly and to provide evidence for developing a three-tier program for prevention. A cross-sectional study was conducted in one community of Beijing. People aged 60 years and over were selected, using a stratified cluster sampling method, and data on falls within the past 12 months and falls-related chronic diseases were collected through face-to-face interview. The incidence of falls was 18.0% within one year among the 1512 interviewees. Seven factors showed statistical significances through univariate analysis including diabetes mellitus (OR = 1.62), postural hypotension (OR = 1.84), hypertension (OR = 1.48), cerebral infarction (OR = 1.98), cataract (OR = 1.56), osteoarthritis (OR = 1.50), dementia (OR = 5.34) and depression (OR = 4.61). Data from multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the risk factors for falls would include dementia (OR = 4.82), depression (OR = 4.27), postural hypotension (OR = 1.92)