Rate of falls and the correlates among elderly people living in an urban community in Japan.
Rate of falls and the correlates among elderly people living in an urban community in Japan.
复制标题
日本城市社区老年人的跌倒率及其相关性。
作者：
S. Yasumura;H. Haga;H. Nagai;T. Suzuki;H. Amano;H. Shibata
从社区中随机选取887名65-84岁的老年人，对他们的跌倒情况进行了访谈。前一年男性和女性的下降率分别为12.8%和21.5%。性别之间的比率差异在统计上是显著的。当他们被分为两个主要的年龄类别时，老年组的发病率明显高于年轻组。多因素logistic回归分析显示，在调查前一个月内就诊的男女、年龄、卒中史、男性视力缺陷、女性尿失禁或肠失禁与跌倒风险增加显著相关。研究表明，跌倒往往发生在社区中身体虚弱的老年人。
Eight hundred and seven elderly persons aged 65-84 years who were randomly selected from the community were interviewed about falls. The rate of falls in the preceding year was 12.8% in men and 21.5% in women. The difference in the rate between the sexes was statistically significant. The rate in the older group was significantly higher than that in the younger group in both sexes, when they were divided into two major age categories. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that contact with a doctor within a month preceding the survey in both sexes, age, history of stroke, visual deficit in men, and urinary or bowel incontinence in women were significantly associated with increased risk of falling. The study reveals that falls tend to occur in physically frail elderly people in the community.