Characteristics and circumstances of falls leading to severe fractures in elderly people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5170794 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho (0000-0002-4649-7353, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Katia Vergetti Bloch (0000-0002-6992-3159, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Laura Cunha Rodrigues (0000-0001-9008-660X, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 455-459 |
| Publication date | 2009-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-311x2009000200024 |
| PMID | 19219253 |
| OpenAlex | W2170070423 |
| SciELO | S0102-311X2009000200024 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
The circumstances associated with falls among elderly people have been well described in some developed countries, but little is known about such accidents in middle-income countries. The aim of this paper is to report the circumstances and characteristics associated with falls leading to severe fractures among elderly people living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cases were obtained from two case-control studies on risk factors for severe fractures due to falls among individuals 60 years or older. Fallers were stratified according to clinical and socio-demographic variables and circumstances of the accident. Women comprised three-fourths of the sample. The femur was the most frequently fractured bone, more common among individuals over 70 years of age. Most falls occurred at home, between 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM, but the rooms where they occurred differed according to gender and age. Most individuals did not attribute their falls to tripping or slipping. This sample's data did not differ substantially from studies in developed countries
Elderly people · Environmental health · Geography · Older people · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |