Citation

López-Soto PJ, Morales-Cané I, Smolensky MH, Manfredini R, Dios-Guerra C, Rodríguez-Borrego MA, Carmona-Torres JM. Women Health 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-12.

Affiliation

School of Nursing and Physiotherapy , University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) , Ciudad Real , Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03630242.2019.1587665

PMID

30880631

Abstract

Domestic accidents pose serious threats to the independence of the elderly. We explored associations between domestic accidents and gender, socioeconomic, medical, and environmental factors using data from the European Health Survey 2014 for elderly Spanish female and male nationals. Records of 5960 participants (mean age ± SD: 75.9 ± 7.6 years), 59.8% of whom were women, were examined. Domestic accidents occurred in 460 (7.1%) seniors, predominately in women (78.5%). Age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.02 [95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.00-1.03, p =.003], female gender (aOR 2.04 [95% CI 1.60-2.60, p <.001]), difficulty managing 12 stairs (reference: none) (some: aOR 2.03 [95% CI 1.53-2.68, p <.001]; much: aOR 2.88 [95% CI 2.15-3.87, p <.001]; inability: aOR 3.09 [95% CI 2.14-4.45, p <.001]), and depressive symptoms severity (reference: absent) (mild: aOR 1.44 [95% CI 1.10-1.89, p =.008]; moderate: aOR 1.91 [95% CI 1.35-2.71, p <.001];. Very severe: aOR 2.53 [95% CI 1.72-3.71, p <.001]; extremely severe: aOR 2.38 [95% CI 1.45-3.93, p =.001]) were independently associated with domestic accidents. Severity of depressive symptoms was the most prominent feature for women, while inability to manage 12 stairs was the most prominent for men. Our results suggest important gender differences in factors associated with domestic accidents that are relevant to intervention and preventive programs.

Language: en

Keywords

Domestic accidents; depressive symptoms; elderly; gender; physical limitations