TREND OF HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR FALLS IN THE ELDERLY IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, PIAUÍ, 2010-2018

• Autor(a) principal: Melo Neto, Antonio Quaresma de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Oliveira, Elton Filipe Pinheiro de, Mascarenhas, Márcio Dênis Medeiros, Rodrigues, Malvina Thais Pacheco
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3189
• topic: Acidentes por quedas; Causas externas; Hospitalizações; Letalidade; Estudos de séries temporais; QUEDAS EM IDOSOS; Accidentes por caídas; Causas externas; Hospitalizaciones; Letalidad; Estudios de series temporales; Accidents due to falls; External causes; Hospitalizations; Lethality; Time series studies

From the age of 60, the chances of falls significantly increase. It is estimated that 30% of the elderly in the community fall each year and half of them fall on a recurring basis. The aim of this study was to analyze the trend of hospital admissions due to falls in the elderly in Piauí, from 2010 to 2018. This is a time series study with data from the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System. the Prais-Winsten linear regression model for trend analysis. There were 14,286 hospitalizations for falls in the elderly, with a higher incidence in females (62%), 60-69 years (37.1%), without specifying the type of fall (73.6%). There was an increasing trend in the hospitalization rate for females (annual percentage change – APC = 10.5% – IC95% 6.6; 14.4) and due to falls from one level to another (APC = 10, 6 – IC95% 0.6; 21.7). The lethality coefficient showed an increasing tendency for falls occurring at the same level (APC = 16.7 – IC95% 9.2; 24.8). It is concluded that both hospitalization and hospital mortality due to falls from one level to another and at the same level showed an upward trend. Longer hospital stay and lethality was observed in the Cocais and Carnaubais health regions.