Domestic Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Falling in Elderly
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Tarih
2013
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IRANIAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Erişim Hakkı
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Özet
Background: This is a cross-sectional study aiming at analyzing the relation between falling and domestic environmental -risk factors in community-dwelling elderly. Methods: The study consisted of 243 randomly chosen community-dwelling elderly over 65 years of age living around a health care center in Central Selcuklu, Konya. Data were collected with a questionnaire form including sociodemographic and other characteristics, with the Rivermead Mobility Index for evaluating mobility condition and an Evaluation Form of Domestic Environmental Risk Factors of Falling (EFDERF), which is developed by the researcher to assess domestic environmental risk factors of falling. Results: Based on (EFDERF) high number of problems lived in bathroom/restroom, kitchen, bedroom, sitting room/saloon and in all other areas was a risk factor in terms of domestic falling characteristics while the number of problems lived in hall and stairs was not a significant risk factor. Conclusion: EFDERF may be used by the nurses and health professionals to evaluate risk of falling and collecting data after visits in primary-care of elderly.
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Elderly, Falling, Fear, Risk Factor, Turkey
Kaynak
IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
WoS Q Değeri
Q4
Scopus Q Değeri
Q3
Cilt
42
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2
