@article{ref1,
title="The association between discrimination and falling. a national sample of older adults",
journal="Journal of aging and health",
year="2022",
author="Reyes-Ortiz, Carlos A. and Campo-Arias, Adalberto and Ocampo-Chaparro, Jose Mauricio and Moncayo-Hernández, Brigitte A. and Lee, Torhonda and Luque, John S.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between discrimination and falling among older people. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional nationwide population-based face-to-face survey, 2015. The SABE (Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento) Colombia Study, 19,004 community-dwelling adults aged ≥60 years. Recurrent falling was defined as ≥2 falls during the prior year. Main independent variable was discrimination. <br><br>RESULTS: Multivariate logistic regression models showed that recurrent falling was significantly associated with a number of reasons for experiences of everyday discrimination (due to racial, socioeconomic status, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability) (OR = 1.27, 95% CI 1.21-1.33), childhood discrimination score (never = 0 to many times = 3) (OR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.13-1.33), and number of situations for discrimination during the last 5 years due to skin color (group activities, public places, inside the family, or health centers) (OR = 1.12, 95% CI 1.08-1.17). <br><br>DISCUSSION: Discrimination experiences were associated with higher odds of recurrent falling.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0898-2643",
doi="10.1177/08982643211052364",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08982643211052364"
}