Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents
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Resumo: | <p><b>OBJECTIVES:</b> To identify the prevalence of accidental falls among elderly persons in their homes, and to evaluate determining factors to that, including intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, as well as the awareness about falls, assessed by the Falls Risk Awareness Questionnaire (FRAQ-Brazil).<br> <b>METHOD:</b> It consisted of a quantitative, transversal, and descriptive study, performed with 472 elderly persons through interview. Data were analyzed by the chi-squared test with a confidence interval of 95%.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> The average age of the sample was 70.6 years and most of them were female. Among the sample, 55.2% referred previous episodes of fall. The majority of them self-reported having diseases associated with gait disturbance and used medicines that could cause falls. It was observed less falls among elderly with higher level of awareness about risk factors.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> A high prevalence of accidental falls and exposure of the elderly persons to several independent and concomitant risk factors were observed. Greater awareness level about falls seems to be a preventive factor, presenting a higher association with falls than level of education and income.</p> |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residentsaged accidental falls risk factors syndrome health literacy.<p><b>OBJECTIVES:</b> To identify the prevalence of accidental falls among elderly persons in their homes, and to evaluate determining factors to that, including intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, as well as the awareness about falls, assessed by the Falls Risk Awareness Questionnaire (FRAQ-Brazil).<br> <b>METHOD:</b> It consisted of a quantitative, transversal, and descriptive study, performed with 472 elderly persons through interview. Data were analyzed by the chi-squared test with a confidence interval of 95%.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> The average age of the sample was 70.6 years and most of them were female. Among the sample, 55.2% referred previous episodes of fall. The majority of them self-reported having diseases associated with gait disturbance and used medicines that could cause falls. It was observed less falls among elderly with higher level of awareness about risk factors.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> A high prevalence of accidental falls and exposure of the elderly persons to several independent and concomitant risk factors were observed. Greater awareness level about falls seems to be a preventive factor, presenting a higher association with falls than level of education and income.</p>Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia2017-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttps://ggaging.com/details/413Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging v.11 n.1 2017reponame:Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologiainstacron:SBGGinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Neto,José Antonio Chehuen Brum,Igor Vilela Braga,Nícolas Augusto Coelho Gomes,Gislaine Fernandes Tavares,Paula Liziero Silva,Rafael Teixeira Costa Assad,Igor Malheiros Ferreira,Renato Erothildeseng2017-01-01T00:00:00Zoai:ggaging.com:413Revistahttp://sbgg.org.br/publicacoes-cientificas/revista-geriatria-gerontologia/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpexecutiveditors@ggaging.com||nacional@sbgg.org.br2447-21232447-2115opendoar:2017-01-01T00:00Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologiafalse |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents Neto,José Antonio Chehuen aged accidental falls risk factors syndrome health literacy. |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents |
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Fall awareness as a determining factor of this event among elderly community residents |
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Neto,José Antonio Chehuen |
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Neto,José Antonio Chehuen Brum,Igor Vilela Braga,Nícolas Augusto Coelho Gomes,Gislaine Fernandes Tavares,Paula Liziero Silva,Rafael Teixeira Costa Assad,Igor Malheiros Ferreira,Renato Erothildes |
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Brum,Igor Vilela Braga,Nícolas Augusto Coelho Gomes,Gislaine Fernandes Tavares,Paula Liziero Silva,Rafael Teixeira Costa Assad,Igor Malheiros Ferreira,Renato Erothildes |
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Neto,José Antonio Chehuen Brum,Igor Vilela Braga,Nícolas Augusto Coelho Gomes,Gislaine Fernandes Tavares,Paula Liziero Silva,Rafael Teixeira Costa Assad,Igor Malheiros Ferreira,Renato Erothildes |
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aged accidental falls risk factors syndrome health literacy. |
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aged accidental falls risk factors syndrome health literacy. |
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<p><b>OBJECTIVES:</b> To identify the prevalence of accidental falls among elderly persons in their homes, and to evaluate determining factors to that, including intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors, as well as the awareness about falls, assessed by the Falls Risk Awareness Questionnaire (FRAQ-Brazil).<br> <b>METHOD:</b> It consisted of a quantitative, transversal, and descriptive study, performed with 472 elderly persons through interview. Data were analyzed by the chi-squared test with a confidence interval of 95%.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> The average age of the sample was 70.6 years and most of them were female. Among the sample, 55.2% referred previous episodes of fall. The majority of them self-reported having diseases associated with gait disturbance and used medicines that could cause falls. It was observed less falls among elderly with higher level of awareness about risk factors.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> A high prevalence of accidental falls and exposure of the elderly persons to several independent and concomitant risk factors were observed. Greater awareness level about falls seems to be a preventive factor, presenting a higher association with falls than level of education and income.</p> |
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