Soft tissue injury resulting from falling predicts a future major falling injury in the home dwelling elderly

According to univariate analyses, the following baseline variables were associated (p 80 years) age (p=0.010), female sex (p=0.005), reduced visual acuity (vision [= or

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2000-07, Vol.54 (7), p.557-558
Main Authors: Herala, Mika, Luukinen, Heikki, Honkanen, Risto, Koski, Keijo, Laippala, Pekka, Kivelä, Sirkka-Liisa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
accidental falls
Accidental Falls - prevention & control
Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data
Activities of daily living
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Diabetes
Dwellings
elderly
Female
Finland - epidemiology
Forecasting
Homes
Humans
Injuries
Insurance claims
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Older adults
Older people
Outdoors
Physical trauma
Predisposing factors
Prevention and actions
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk Factors
Short Report
Soft tissue injuries
Soft Tissue Injuries - epidemiology
Soft Tissue Injuries - etiology
Survival analysis
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:According to univariate analyses, the following baseline variables were associated (p 80 years) age (p=0.010), female sex (p=0.005), reduced visual acuity (vision [= or
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.54.7.557