Falling incidence among elderly people in a community of Suzhou city
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2016.01.011
- VernacularTitle:苏州市某社区老年人跌倒发生率的调查
- Author:
Aichao RUAN
1
;
Xiaoling XUE
Author Information
1. 223001,南京医科大学附属淮安第一医院急诊科
- Keywords:
Falls;
Elderly;
Survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2016;22(1):43-47
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the incidence of falls in elderly people in a community of Suzhou during the past year and to provide evidence of preventive interventions. Methods The study collected 1 342 elderly people aged 60 and above, from a community of Suzhou using the method of cluster sampling. The participants were face-to-face interviewed their falling experiences during last year. Results A total of 223 people of the participants had falling experiences and occurred 392 times of falling during last year, and the falling incidence was 16. 62%. Among these cases, 650 (22. 62%) were female;692 (10. 98%) were male;the incidence of female was higher than the male (χ2 =32. 734,P<0. 01). The falling incidence rates of age 60-69, 70-79, 80 -89 and over 90 were 11. 33%, 16. 40%, 18. 52%, 26. 67%; falling incidence was increased with the age (χ2 =11. 261,P<0. 01). In 223 falling cases, only 5. 38% had not injured;72. 65%had soft tissue injury;18. 39% were bruised; 3. 59% had fractures and 62. 50% of them were hip fracture. 75. 35% of the people who had falling experience were afraid of second-time falling, while 32. 74% had limited the activities because of falling. Conclusions The falling incidence is very high in this community and falling experiences have negative effects on both physical and psychological health in elderly people. For this reason, effective preventive interventions are urged for these groups.
