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| Circumstances and consequences of falls in independent community-dwelling older adults | | Author(s) | William P Berg, Helaine M Alessio, Eugenia M Mills |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 26, no 4, July 1997 |
| Pages | pp 261-268 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Living in the community ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this study of 96 male and female volunteers aged 60 to 88 in Oxford, Ohio, 50 participants fell during the one-year monitoring period, amassing 91 falls. Trips and slips were the most prevalent causes. Falls most often occurred in the afternoon - walking on level or uneven surfaces. Fallers most commonly attributed falls to hurrying too much. Fractures resulted from five of the falls; eight others resulted in soft tissue injuries requiring treatment. There were no differences between one-time and recurrent fallers in the circumstances and consequences of falls. Falls by men most often resulted from slips, whereas falls by women most often resulted from trips. Time of year was also significant: men fell most often in winter, whereas women fell more in summer. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970829216 A |
| Classmark | OLF: K4: 3F: 7T |
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