FALL FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERISTICS AND THE RISK OF HIP-FRACTURES
FALL FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERISTICS AND THE RISK OF HIP-FRACTURES
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1994.tb06540.x
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发表时间:
1994-07-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
KLINEBERG, RJ
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作者:
CUMMING, RG;KLINEBERG, RJ
OBJECTIVES: The 2 objectives of this study were to investigate the association between history of falls and risk of hip fracture and to identify characteristics of falls that determine whether or not a hip fracture will occur.DESIGN: Population-based case-control study.SETTING: Subjects were selected from the community and from nursing homes in Sydney, Australia.PATIENTS: There were 412 subjects (205 cases, 207 controls) in the part of the study concerned with falls frequency and risk of hip fracture (age range 65-100 years). Differences between hip fracture-related falls and other falls were studied in 209 cognitively intact subjects: 84 controls who had fallen at least once in the previous 3 years and 125 cases.MEASUREMENTS: Data were collected with an interviewer-administered questionnaire.MAIN RESULTS: There was a strong relationship between reported number of falls in the past year and risk of hip fracture. This relationship was stronger among men than among women. There was only 1 statistically significant fall characteristic associated with risk of hip fracture; falling while turning was much more likely to lead to a hip fracture than falling when walking in one direction (age- and sex-adjusted odds ratio: 7.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.4-43.0).