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Home accidents in the community-dwelling elderly in Izmir, Turkey — how do prevalence and risk factors differ between high and low socioeconomic districts?
Author(s)	Pembe Keskinoglu, Metin Picakciefe, Nurcan Bilgic
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 20, no 7, October 2008
Pages	pp 824-836
Source	http://www.sagepublications.com
Keywords	Domestic accidents ; Living in the community ; Economic status [elderly] ; Regional ; Comparison ; Turkey.
Annotation	The prevalence of, and risk factors for, home accidents in two socio-economically contrasting regions of Turkey were determined and compared in a cross-sectional study of 497 older people age 65+. Data were analysed by chi square and t tests. Prevalence of home accidents was 39.9% in the low socioeconomic region and 13.1% in the high socioeconomic region in the previous 6 months. The most common type of accident was fall (51.7%) followed by cut or piercing (22%). Home accidents are associated with being female and increasing age in the higher socioeconomic region, whereas being female, being unmarried, and living in a squatter house are associated with home accidents in the low socioeconomic region. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090903204 A
Classmark	OL: K4: F:W: 5CP: 48: 7GB
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