Falls Among the Elderly in Peruvian Andean Communities and the Rural far South of Brazil: Prevalence and Associated Factors.
Falls are the fifth leading cause of death and are one of the main causes of hospitalization. The literature about falls prevalence among older adults living in rural/remote communities in South America is scarce. To compare falls prevalence among the elderly in the Andes, Peru, and in the rural are...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Health Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 363 - 370 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=142225098&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 142225098 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00945145 JCH jtl: Journal of Community Health issn: 00945145 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2020 vid: 45 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 142225098 10.1007/s10900-019-00751-5 ppf: 363 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 519KB tig: atl: Falls Among the Elderly in Peruvian Andean Communities and the Rural far South of Brazil: Prevalence and Associated Factors. aug: au: Meucci, Rodrigo D. Runzer-Colmenares, Fernando M. Parodi, José F. de Mola, Christian Loret affil: Postgraduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rua General Osório, 102. 3º andar. Centro, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rua General Osório, 102. 3º andar. Centro, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera de Medicina Humana, Universidad Científica del Sur, Panamericana Sur Km 19, Villa, Lima, Peru Facultad de Medicina Humana, Centro de Investigación del Envejecimiento (CIEN), Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Alameda del Corregidor 1531, Urb. Los Sirius, Las Viñas, La Molina, Lima, Peru su: Peru Brazil South America Rural conditions Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation Health status indicators Alcohol drinking Marital status Divorce Old age Andeans (South American people) Regression analysis Risk assessment Accidental falls Chi-squared test Disease prevalence Poisson distribution sug: subj: Rural conditions Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation Health status indicators Alcohol drinking Marital status Divorce Old age Peru Brazil South America Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) Andeans (South American people) Regression analysis Risk assessment Accidental falls Chi-squared test Disease prevalence Poisson distribution keyword: Elderly Falls Prevalence Rural areas Elderly Falls Prevalence Rural areas ab: Falls are the fifth leading cause of death and are one of the main causes of hospitalization. The literature about falls prevalence among older adults living in rural/remote communities in South America is scarce. To compare falls prevalence among the elderly in the Andes, Peru, and in the rural area of the municipality of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Two separate cross-sectional studies were conducted in Peru, Andes (N = 413), and Brazil, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul state (N = 1029). We stratified all data analysis according to location (Andes/Rio Grande). Characteristics of the samples were compared and the chi square test for proportions was used. Falls prevalence was then calculated for each independent variable and crude and adjusted prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson Regression with robust variance. Falls prevalence in the last year was much higher in the Andes (64.1%) than in Rio Grande (25.3%). For most characteristics assessed, falls prevalence in Peru was at least double that found in Rio Grande. According to the adjusted analysis for the Andes, age (80 or more), being married, divorced and alcohol intake were significantly associated with falls. In Rio Grande, female gender and being in the 70–79 and 80 or more age ranges were associated with falls as well as those who self-rated their health as poor. This paper contributes to knowledge about falls prevalence among the elderly from rural and remote communities in two South American countries. Longitudinal multicentre studies with standardized methodologies are recommended. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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