Prevalence and Related Factors of Falls among the Elderly in an Urban Community of Beijing |
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| Authors: | PU-LIN YU ZHAO-HUI QIN JING SHI JUAN ZHANG MEI-ZHE XIN ZHENG-LAI WU ZHEN-QIU SUN |
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| Institution: | [1]School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, Hunan, China [2]Department of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou 221002, Jiangsu, China [3]Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, Ministry of Health, Beijing 100730, China [4]Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, 47408, Bloomington, Indiana, USA [5]Office of Program Management, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Beijing 100009, China [6]Department of Epidemiology, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China |
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| Abstract: | Objective To understand the prevalence,consequences and risk factors of falls among urban community-dwelling elderly in Beijing.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Longtan Community,Beijing.A total of 1512 individuals aged 60 years or over were selected by stratified cluster sampling.Data regarding the frequency of falls in the previous year,as well as circumstances,consequence and related factors of falls were collected from the elderly through face-to-face interviews with questionnaires in th... |
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| Keywords: | Falls Prevalence Old people Prevention |
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