@article{ref1,
title="Risk factors for falls in people with and without a diagnose of dementia living in residential care facilities: A prospective study",
journal="Archives of gerontology and geriatrics",
year="2007",
author="Eriksson, S. and Gustafson, Y. and Lundin-Olsson, Lillemor",
volume="46",
number="3",
pages="293 - 306",
abstract="People with dementia are at increased risk of falling. The purpose of this study was to identify predisposing risk factors for falls in older people with and without a diagnose of dementia living in residential care facilities, and to compare the results. Eighty-three residents without dementia (mean age+/-S.D.; 83.5+/-7.1 years) and 103 with dementia (83.6+/-6.3 years) in Umea, Sweden, participated. The baseline assessment included probable risk factors like walking ability, diagnoses and treatment with drugs. The follow-up period was 6 months. In people with dementia, the fall rate was higher (crude incidence rate ratio 2.55, 95% CI 1.60-4.08) and a larger proportion experienced falls (62% versus 41%). In the group without dementia 54.8% of the variation in falls was explained by a model including orthostatism, &quot;women walking with aid&quot;, and treatment with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. In the group with dementia 25.5% of the variation in falls was explained by a model including &quot;man walking with aid&quot;. Our results show that with the same set of common risk factors for falls a considerably lower proportion of the variation in falls can be explained in the group of people with dementia.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0167-4943",
doi="10.1016/j.archger.2007.05.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2007.05.002"
}