MULTIFACTORIAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR FALLS AND INJURIES IN THE ELDERLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

Pljakić Amina, Mahmutović Jasmina, Ališevic Nerma, Hidic Meliha, Brankovic Suada, Pašalić Arzija, Konjo Hadzan

Abstract


Falls are a leading cause of mortality and injury to the elderly. The aim of study is evaluation the risk of falls in individuals
65 years and older.
A cross-sectional study was conducted on the sample of 200 respondents. The research instrument were used: Falls Risk
for Older People-Community setting (FROP-COM) questionnaire and the questionnaire on the sociodemographic
variables.
The interdependent variables, statistically significant for the falls were: gender (p = 0.0001), age (p = 0.0001), financial
status of the elderly (p = 0.003), adaptation of urban transport to the elderly and persons with disabilities (p = 0.047),
giving up walking and moving for fear of falling (p = 0.0001) and a nurse's home visit for the purpose of assessing the risk
factor for falling (p = 0.024).
Risk factors identified as most influential in most elderly people are: medications, medical conditions, sensory loss,
nutritional status, physical activity, function and history of falls


Keywords


the elderly, falls, risk factors

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