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| Home environmental hazards and the risk of fall injury events among community-dwelling older persons | | Author(s) | Richard W Sattin, Juan G Rodriguez, Carolee A DeVito |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 6, June 1998 |
| Pages | pp 669-676 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Hazards ; Injuries ; Living in the community ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | To determine if home environmental hazards increase the risk of fall injury events in the home, a case control study was conducted among 270 older persons who had injuries resulting from falls in the home and 691 controls. The home environment of each person was assessed directly by interviewers using a standardised instrument. Results showed that environmental hazards were present in nearly all homes. After adjusting for important confounding factors, most of these hazards were not associated with an increased risk of fall injury events among most older persons. Increasing numbers of tripping hazards or total hazards in the home did not increase the risk of fall injury events. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981005401 A |
| Classmark | OLF: OK7: CU: K4: 7T |
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