Falls Among Adults

Autor: Kristen J. Mertz, Steven N. Blair, Duck-chul Lee, Xuemei Sui, Kenneth E. Powell
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 39:15-24
ISSN: 0749-3797
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.03.013
Popis: Methods: Data on participants enrolled in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS) from 1970 through 1989 who responded to questions on falls on the 1990 follow-up survey were analyzed in 2008 -2009. The percentage of participants reporting at least one fall during the year before the follow-up survey was calculated and the activities at the time of falling were described. The relative risk and 95% CIs for the association of baseline fitness and physical activity with walking-related falls were calculated and logistic regression models for walking-related falls were developed. Results: Of 10,615 participants aged 20 - 87 years, 20% (95% CI19%, 21%) reported falling during the past year. Of those falling, 54% (95% CI52%, 56%) fell during sports or exercise; 15% (95% CI14%,17%) while walking; and 4% (95% CI3%, 5%) from a stool or ladder. People aged 65 years were no more likely than younger people to report falling in general, but they were more likely than people aged 45 years to report falling while walking (RR1.9, 95% CI1.2, 3.0 for men; RR2.2, 95% CI1.3, 3.9 for women). Men with a low level of fitness were more likely to fall while walking than men who were highly fit (RR2.2, 95% CI1.5, 3.3). In the multivariate analysis, walking-related falls were associated with low levels of fitness (AOR1.8, 95% CI1.1, 2.8) and with physical inactivity (AOR1.7, 95% CI1.1, 2.7) in men but not in women.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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