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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China
Background: To investigate the prevalence of falls and associated factors among older adults in urban and rural areas and to facilitate the design of fall prevention interventions. Methods: We used cluster random sampling to investigate the sociodemographic information, living habits, medical status...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34280986 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137050 |
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author | Chen, Xiaodong Lin, Zeting Gao, Ran Yang, Yijian Li, Liping |
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description | Background: To investigate the prevalence of falls and associated factors among older adults in urban and rural areas and to facilitate the design of fall prevention interventions. Methods: We used cluster random sampling to investigate the sociodemographic information, living habits, medical status, falls, home environment, and balance ability among 649 older adult participants. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to examine the associated factors of falls. Results: The incidence of falls among older adults in Shantou City was 20.65%. Among them, the incidence was 27.27% in urban areas and 16.99% in rural areas. The rate of injury from falls among older adults was 14.48%, with18.61% in urban area and 12.20% in rural area. Multivariate analysis showed that the associated factors of falls among older adults in Shantou City included a high school or below education level (OR = 2.387, 95% CI: 1.305–4.366); non-farming as the previous occupation (OR = 2.574, 95% CI: 1.613–4.109); incontinence(OR = 2.881, 95% CI: 1.517–5.470); lack of fall prevention education (OR = 1.856, 95% CI: 1.041–3.311); and reduced balance ability (OR = 3.917, 95% CI: 2.532–6.058). Discussion: Older adults have a higher rate of falling in Shantou City, compared to the average rate in China. There are similarities and differences in the associated factors of falls among older adults between urban and rural areas of Shantou City. Targeted interventions for older adults in different regions may be more effective in reducing the risk of falls. |
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spelling | pubmed-82972962021-07-23 Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China Chen, Xiaodong Lin, Zeting Gao, Ran Yang, Yijian Li, Liping Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: To investigate the prevalence of falls and associated factors among older adults in urban and rural areas and to facilitate the design of fall prevention interventions. Methods: We used cluster random sampling to investigate the sociodemographic information, living habits, medical status, falls, home environment, and balance ability among 649 older adult participants. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression were used to examine the associated factors of falls. Results: The incidence of falls among older adults in Shantou City was 20.65%. Among them, the incidence was 27.27% in urban areas and 16.99% in rural areas. The rate of injury from falls among older adults was 14.48%, with18.61% in urban area and 12.20% in rural area. Multivariate analysis showed that the associated factors of falls among older adults in Shantou City included a high school or below education level (OR = 2.387, 95% CI: 1.305–4.366); non-farming as the previous occupation (OR = 2.574, 95% CI: 1.613–4.109); incontinence(OR = 2.881, 95% CI: 1.517–5.470); lack of fall prevention education (OR = 1.856, 95% CI: 1.041–3.311); and reduced balance ability (OR = 3.917, 95% CI: 2.532–6.058). Discussion: Older adults have a higher rate of falling in Shantou City, compared to the average rate in China. There are similarities and differences in the associated factors of falls among older adults between urban and rural areas of Shantou City. Targeted interventions for older adults in different regions may be more effective in reducing the risk of falls. MDPI 2021-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8297296/ /pubmed/34280986 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137050 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Xiaodong Lin, Zeting Gao, Ran Yang, Yijian Li, Liping Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China |
title | Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China |
title_full | Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China |
title_short | Prevalence and Associated Factors of Falls among Older Adults between Urban and Rural Areas of Shantou City, China |
title_sort | prevalence and associated factors of falls among older adults between urban and rural areas of shantou city, china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297296/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34280986 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137050 |
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