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Risk factors for serious falls among community-based seniors — results from the National Population Health Survey
Author(s)	Paula C Fletcher, John P Hirdes
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 21, no 1, Spring 2002
Pages	pp 103-116
Keywords	Falls ; Living in the community ; At risk ; Health [elderly] ; Social surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	The factors associated with falling are examined for some 3,100 individuals aged 65+ who participated in Canada's 1994 National Population Health Survey (NPHS). The intent of the NPHS is to monitor the health of Canadians and the risk factors that affect their health. Several factors were identified as increasing the risk of falling, such as advanced age, being female, certain medical conditions, medication use, and impaired mobility. The results from this larger, national survey confirm the findings of many studies using smaller samples within individual communities. Continuation of the NPHS will assist in offering longitudinal data with respect to falls, and allow for establishing a temporal order prior to the fall event, in order to provide more definitive evidence with regard to risk factors for falls. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020620207 A
Classmark	OLF: K4: CA3: CC: 3F: 7S
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