Screening and analysis of falling risks among community-dwelling older people in Chengdu
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4904.2014.31.010
- VernacularTitle:成都市社区老年人跌倒风险评估和危险因素分析
- Author:
Shitong LI
;
Qunfang DING
;
Haijun HAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aged;
Risk factors;
Falling risks screening
- From:
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine
2014;37(31):27-29
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To discuss the efficacy of the modified falling risks for older people-community setting screening tool and the falling risks of the older people.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 4 communities of Chengdu.A total of 408 people aged 65 years and over from 4 residents communities were selected with convenient sampling.To screen out the people who were in high risk of falls with a self-making questionnaire and the modified falling risks for older people-community setting screening tool.Results After the 408 older people were evaluated by modified falling risks for older people-community screening tool,the result showed the area under curve of receiver operating characteristic of the scale was 0.936.Its sensitivity was 77.6％ (66/85),specificity was 93.2％ (301/323),positive predictive value was 75.0％ (66/88) and negative predictive value was 94.1％ (301/320).Conclusions The using of modified falling risks for older people-community setting screening tool is easy and fast,it has higher sensitivity,specificity and evaluation function.It can be used for screening falling risks among community setting elderly people in China.
