Risk factors for falling among community-dwelling seniors using home-care services: An extended hazards model with time-dependent covariates and multiple events

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 111-120

  Leclerc, Bernard Simon ^a   Begin C ^a   Cadieux, E ^a   Goulet, L ^b   Leduc, N ^b   Kergoat, M J ^c   Lebel, P ^c  

^a Agence de la Sante et des Services Sociaux de Lanaudiere   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Cox model; Elderly; Environmental hazards; Hazards model; Logistic models; Negative binomial distribution; Regression analysis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALGORITHMS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS;

EID: 48349114716     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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