Incidence of falls and fear of falling in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis
| Autor: | Takefumi Furuya, Eisuke Inoue, Hisashi Yamanaka, Atsuo Taniguchi, Setsu Iijima, Tetsuo Ikai, Shigeki Momohara, Kiyotaka Yamagiwa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Health Status Poison control Comorbidity Fear of falling Occupational safety and health Arthritis Rheumatoid Young Adult Japan Rheumatology Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine Injury prevention medicine Humans Prospective Studies Aged business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Fear Middle Aged medicine.disease Phobic Disorders Rheumatoid arthritis Physical therapy Accidental Falls Female medicine.symptom business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Modern Rheumatology. 21:51-56 |
| ISSN: | 1439-7609 1439-7595 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/s10165-010-0351-1 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study is to determine the incidence of falls and fear of falling by gender and age in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Among the Japanese patients who participated in a single-institute-based prospective observational cohort study of patients with RA, namely the Institute of Rheumatology Rheumatoid Arthritis, 765 men (median age 63 years) and 4,231 women (median age 60 years) with RA responded to questions related to falls. Eight percent of men and 11% of women reported one or more falls during the previous 6 months. At least one fall and multiple falls were significantly more frequent in men (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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