Circumstances leading to injurious falls in older men and women in the Netherlands
| Autor: | Nathalie van der Velde, Ed F. van Beeck, Milko M.M. Bruijninckx, Francesco U.S. Mattace-Raso, Nicole D. A. Boyé, Oscar J. de Vries, Tischa J. M. van der Cammen, Albert J.H. Kerver, Klaas A. Hartholt, Peter Patka, Esther M.M. Van Lieshout |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Internal Medicine, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Public Health, Internal medicine, EMGO - Musculoskeletal health, APH - Amsterdam Public Health, AMS - Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Geriatrics |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Frail Elderly Poison control Walking Sitting Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Accident Prevention SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being Risk Factors Activities of Daily Living Injury prevention Humans Medicine Aged Netherlands General Environmental Science Aged 80 and over Hip fracture Hip Fractures business.industry Human factors and ergonomics Emergency department medicine.disease Brain Injuries Quality of Life Physical therapy General Earth and Planetary Sciences Accidental Falls Female Public Health Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 45(8), 1224-1230. Elsevier Ltd. Injury. International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 45(8), 1224-1230. Elsevier Limited Boye, N D A, Mattace-Raso, F U S, van der Velde, N, van Lieshout, E M M, de Vries, O J, Hartholt, K A, Kerver, A J H, Bruijninckx, M M M, van der Cammen, T J M, Patka, P & van Beeck, E F 2014, ' Circumstances leading to injurious falls in older men and women in the Netherlands ', Injury. International Journal of the Care of the Injured, vol. 45, no. 8, pp. 1224-1230 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2014.03.021 Injury, 45(8), 1224-1230. Elsevier Limited |
| ISSN: | 0020-1383 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.injury.2014.03.021 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Fall-induced injuries in persons aged 65 years and older are a major public health problem. Data regarding circumstances leading to specific injuries, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and hip fractures in older adults are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the activity distributions leading to indoor and outdoor falls requiring an emergency department (ED) visit, and those resulting in TBIs and hip fractures. PARTICIPANTS: 5880 older adults who visited the ED due to a fall. METHODS: Data is descriptive and stratified by age and gender. RESULTS: Two-thirds of all falls occurred indoors. However, there were higher proportions of outdoor falls at ages 65-79 years (48%). Walking up or down stairs (51%) and housekeeping (17%) were the most common indoor activities leading to a TBIs. Walking (42%) and sitting or standing (16%) was the most common indoor activities leading to a hip fracture. The most common outdoor activities were walking (61% for TBIs and 57% for hip fractures) and cycling (10% for TBIs and 24% for hip fractures). CONCLUSION: In the present study we found that the indoor activities distribution leading to TBIs and hip fractures differed. Notably, about half of the traumatic brain injuries and hip fractures in men and women aged 65-79 years occurred outdoors. This study provides new insights into patterns leading to injurious falls by age, gender and injury type, and may guide the targeting of falls prevention at specific activities and risk groups, including highly functional older men and women. Language: en |
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