Falls in the general elderly population: a 3- and 6- year prospective study of risk factors using data from the longitudinal population study 'Good ageing in Skane'.

Summary, in English

Accidental falls in the elderly are a major health problem, despite extensive research on risk factors and prevention. Only a limited number of multifactorial, long-term prospective studies have been performed on risk factors for falls in the general elderly population. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors predicting falls in a general elderly population after three and six years, using a prospective design.

• Författare: Magnus Stenhagen; Henrik Ekström; Eva Nordell; Sölve Elmståhl
• Avdelning/ar: EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health; Geriatric Medicine; Geriatrik
• Publiceringsår: 2013
• Språk: Engelska
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: BMC Geriatrics
• Volym: 13
• Issue: Aug.,7
• Fulltext: - 228 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23919320?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-13-81
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: BioMed Central (BMC)
• Ämne: Geriatrics
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Geriatric Medicine; Geriatrics
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1471-2318