Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age

Objective: Study aimed to identify the prevalence of falls and associated contributory factors among older Malaysians.Methods: A cross sectional study among community dwelling older adults aged 50 years and above. Self-administered questionnaires on history of falls in the previous 12 months, physic...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Asmidawati Ashari, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Mohd Rizal Hussain, Rahimah Ibrahim, Keith D. Hill
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	accidental falls risk factors community dwelling older adult balance Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/865b841af03b40a0986dea0a76effdb2
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:865b841af03b40a0986dea0a76effdb2
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:865b841af03b40a0986dea0a76effdb22021-11-30T18:53:30ZPrevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age2296-256510.3389/fpubh.2021.610504https://doaj.org/article/865b841af03b40a0986dea0a76effdb22021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.610504/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565Objective: Study aimed to identify the prevalence of falls and associated contributory factors among older Malaysians.Methods: A cross sectional study among community dwelling older adults aged 50 years and above. Self-administered questionnaires on history of falls in the previous 12 months, physical assessment and computerized and clinical measures of balance were assessed on a single occasion.Results: Forty nine (31.0%) participants fell, with 4.4% reported having multiple falls within the previous 12 months. Slips were the most prevalent cause of falls, accounting for 49% of falls. More than half (54.5%) of falls occurred in the afternoon while participants walked inside the home (32.7%), outside home (30.6%), and 36.7% were in community areas. More than half of respondents were identified as having turning instability. Step Test, turn sway, depression, physical activity level and edge contrast sensitivity were significantly worse for fallers (p < 0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that turning performance, visual acuity and back pain were significantly associated with falls risk, accounting for 72% of the variance of risk factors for falls among studied population.Conclusion: Falls are common among community dwelling older Malaysians. The findings provide information of falls and falls risk factors among community dwelling older adults in Malaysia. Future intervention studies should target locally identified falls risk factors. This study has highlighted the importance of instability during turning as an important fall risk factor.Asmidawati AshariAsmidawati AshariAsmidawati AshariTengku Aizan HamidMohd Rizal HussainRahimah IbrahimRahimah IbrahimKeith D. HillKeith D. HillFrontiers Media S.A.articleaccidental fallsrisk factorscommunity dwellingolder adultbalancePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENFrontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	accidental falls risk factors community dwelling older adult balance Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	accidental falls risk factors community dwelling older adult balance Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Asmidawati Ashari Asmidawati Ashari Asmidawati Ashari Tengku Aizan Hamid Mohd Rizal Hussain Rahimah Ibrahim Rahimah Ibrahim Keith D. Hill Keith D. Hill Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
description	Objective: Study aimed to identify the prevalence of falls and associated contributory factors among older Malaysians.Methods: A cross sectional study among community dwelling older adults aged 50 years and above. Self-administered questionnaires on history of falls in the previous 12 months, physical assessment and computerized and clinical measures of balance were assessed on a single occasion.Results: Forty nine (31.0%) participants fell, with 4.4% reported having multiple falls within the previous 12 months. Slips were the most prevalent cause of falls, accounting for 49% of falls. More than half (54.5%) of falls occurred in the afternoon while participants walked inside the home (32.7%), outside home (30.6%), and 36.7% were in community areas. More than half of respondents were identified as having turning instability. Step Test, turn sway, depression, physical activity level and edge contrast sensitivity were significantly worse for fallers (p < 0.05). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that turning performance, visual acuity and back pain were significantly associated with falls risk, accounting for 72% of the variance of risk factors for falls among studied population.Conclusion: Falls are common among community dwelling older Malaysians. The findings provide information of falls and falls risk factors among community dwelling older adults in Malaysia. Future intervention studies should target locally identified falls risk factors. This study has highlighted the importance of instability during turning as an important fall risk factor.
format	article
author	Asmidawati Ashari Asmidawati Ashari Asmidawati Ashari Tengku Aizan Hamid Mohd Rizal Hussain Rahimah Ibrahim Rahimah Ibrahim Keith D. Hill Keith D. Hill
author_facet	Asmidawati Ashari Asmidawati Ashari Asmidawati Ashari Tengku Aizan Hamid Mohd Rizal Hussain Rahimah Ibrahim Rahimah Ibrahim Keith D. Hill Keith D. Hill
author_sort	Asmidawati Ashari
title	Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
title_short	Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
title_full	Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
title_fullStr	Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age
title_sort	prevalence, circumstances, and risk factors of falls among community dwelling members of university of the third age
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/865b841af03b40a0986dea0a76effdb2
work_keys_str_mv	AT asmidawatiashari prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT asmidawatiashari prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT asmidawatiashari prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT tengkuaizanhamid prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT mohdrizalhussain prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT rahimahibrahim prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT rahimahibrahim prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT keithdhill prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage AT keithdhill prevalencecircumstancesandriskfactorsoffallsamongcommunitydwellingmembersofuniversityofthethirdage
_version_	1718406336445677568

Prevalence, Circumstances, and Risk Factors of Falls Among Community Dwelling Members of University of the Third Age

Ejemplares similares