Perceived Fall Risk and Functional Decline: Gender Differences in Patient's Willingness to Discuss Fall Risk, Fall History, or to Have a Home Safety Evaluation

The CDC reports that among older adults, falls are the leading cause of injury-related death and rates of fall-related fractures among older women are twice those of men. We set out to 1) determine patient perceptions (analyzed by gender) about their perceived fall risk compared to their actual risk...

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Autores principales: Greenberg, Marna Rayl, Moore, Elizabeth C., Nguyen, Michael C., Stello, Brian, Goldberg, Arnold, Barraco, Robert D., Porter, Bernadette G., Kurt, Anita, Dusza, Stephen W., Kane, Bryan G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: YJBM 2016
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27354852

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27354852

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