The prevalence of falls and their relation to visual and hearing impairments among a nation-wide cohort of older Poles

Autor: Barbara Wizner, Ewa Klimek, Andrzej Jóźwiak, Anna Skalska, Karolina Piotrowicz, Jerzy Gąsowski, Tomasz Grodzicki, Alicja Klich-Rączka, Małgorzata Mossakowska, Elżbieta Kozak-Szkopek, Rafał Rowiński
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Experimental gerontology. 48(2)
ISSN: 1873-6815
Popis: Falls are a geriatric syndrome which affects the physical and psychological well-being of the aged. So far, in Poland there have not been any population-based data on the prevalence of falls among the elderly. The aim of this analysis was to assess the prevalence of falls, their circumstances and consequences in the Polish population aged 65 years and older in comparison to younger respondents aged 55-59 years, and the relation of falls to visual and hearing deficits. Mean age of the 4920 elderly subjects (51.6% men) was 79.4±8.7 years. Falls in the past year were reported by 10.4% of the younger and 19.1% of the older subjects. In both groups falls occurred more frequently in women (11.9% vs. 8.7%, p=0.03 in the younger and 22.7% vs. 13.2%, p
Databáze: OpenAIRE