Risk factors for single and recurrent falls: A prospective study of falls in community dwelling seniors without cognitive impairment

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-517

  Wu, Tai Yin ^a,b   Chie, Wei Chu ^a   Yang, Rong Sen ^c   Kuo, Kuan Liang ^b   Wong, Wai Kuen ^b   Liaw, Chen Kun ^d,e,f,g  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aged; Falls; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BODY HEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; TAIWAN;

AGED; FALLS; RISK FACTORS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84885851740     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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