Wheelchair Users at Home

Few Home Modifications and Many Injurious Falls

Bibliographic Data

ID11026360
AuthorsKatherine Berg (The authors are with the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI. Katherine Berg is also with the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.), Marilyn Hines (The authors are with the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI. Katherine Berg is also with the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.), Susan Allen (0000-0002-9150-3898, The authors are with the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI. Katherine Berg is also with the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.)
Year2002
Volume92
Issue1
Pages48-48
Publication date2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.1.48
PMID11772759
OpenAlexW2165173258
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Aged 18–64 y (n = 219) Aged >64 y (n = 306)Injurious Fall, % Injurious Fall, %Feature Present in House No (n = 174) Yes (n = 45) No (n = 258) Yes (n = 48) All, % (n = 525)Bathroom modifications 45.4 35.6 47.7 52.1 46.3Widened doorways/hallways 43.1 28.9 25.2 18.8 30.9Kitchen modifications 17.8 13.3 5.4 8.3 10.5Railings 39.7 26.7 38.8 35.4 37.7Easy-open doors 19.0 11.1 13.6 12.5 15.0Has all 5 features 6.9 0.0 2.7 4.2 4.0Has none of the 5 features 33.3 53.3 34.5 41.7 36.4

Doors · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Suicide prevention · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility · Engineering · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Gerontology

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