TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Factors associated with recurrent falls in a cohort of older adults
JO  - Ciencia e Saude Coletiva
A1  - Abreu, Débora Regina de Oliveira Moura
A1  - Azevedo, Rosemeiry Capriata de Souza
A1  - Silva, Ageo Mário Cândido da
A1  - Reiners, Annelita Almeida Oliveira
A1  - Abreu, Hellen Cristina Almeida
SP  - 3439
EP  - 3446
VL  - 21
IS  - 11
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To analyze the factors associated with recurrent falls in community-dwelling older adults from Cuiab OBJECTIVE: á. <br><br>METHODS: This is an epidemiological, prospective, concurrent cohort study with a two-year follow-up. In-home surveys were conducted in 2012 and 2013. The data were treated by the software Epi Info and SPSS. Bivariate analysis investigated associations between risk factors and recurrent falls by calculating the relative risk (RR) of the cumulative incidences with a confidence interval of 95% (95%CI). Multiple analysis with Poisson regression included all variables with p  METHODS: < METHODS:  0.20 in the crude analyses. The significance level of 5% (p  METHODS: < METHODS:  0.05) was adopted as significant association for remaining in the final model. <br><br>RESULTS: Most older adults (77.6%) had recurrent falls. The variables significantly associated with recurrent falls were older adult's income of up to two minimum salaries (RR = 1.62; 95%CI 1.04-1.77), absence of arthritis or arthrosis (RR = 1.32; 95%CI 1.10-1.48), having regular to very bad self-perceived health (RR = 1.44; 95%CI 1.12-2.04), and having visual impairment (RR = 1.23; 95%CI 1.01 -1.69). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Falls in older adults are associated with low education levels, regular to very bad self-perceived health, visual impairment, and recurrent falls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1413-8123
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320152111.21512015
ID  - ref1
ER  -