Relationship between home hazards and falling among community-dwelling seniors using home-care services

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-11

  Leclerc, B S ^a   Begin C ^b   Cadieux, É ^a   Goulet, L ^c   Allaire, J F ^d   Meloche, J ^d   Leduc, N ^c   Kergoat, M J ^e  

^a Service de surveillance recherche et évaluation   (Canada)

^b Service de prévention et de promotion   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Accidental falls; Cox model; Elderly; Environmental hazards; Hazards model; Home care services; Public health intervention; Risk factors; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ELDERLY CARE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ACCIDENT; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHECKLIST; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LIGHTING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77249132524     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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