The prevalence of falls and their relation to visual and hearing impairments among a nation-wide cohort of older Poles

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-146

  Skalska, Anna ^a   Wizner, Barbara ^a   Piotrowicz, Karolina ^a   Klich Raczka, Alicja ^a   Klimek, Ewa ^a   Mossakowska, Małgorzata ^b   Rowiński, Rafał ^c   Kozak Szkopek, Elzbieta ^d   Jóźwiak, Andrzej ^e   Gasowski, Jerzy ^a   Grodzicki, Tomasz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Fall related injuries; Falls; Sensory deficits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84872402571     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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