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Falls in an elderly Mexican American population.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
正題名/作者:	Falls in an elderly Mexican American population./
作者:	Hernandez Acosta, Martha.
面頁冊數:	77 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-05, Section: B, page: 3001.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International68-05B.
標題:	Gerontology. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoeng/servlet/advanced?query=3264709
ISBN:	9780549034193

Falls in an elderly Mexican American population.
Hernandez Acosta, Martha.

Falls in an elderly Mexican American population. - 77 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-05, Section: B, page: 3001.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas Medical Branch Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 2007.

The purpose of this study is to examine falls and fall-related factors among community-dwelling older Mexican Americans living in the United States. Design. A cross-sectional study (2000-2001). Setting. Five Southwestern states: Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and California. Participants. A sub-sample from the population-based sample of 3050 non-institutionalized Mexican-American men and women aged 65 or older from the Hispanic Established Population for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (H-EPESE). The sub-sample included 621 subjects randomly selected from those in the study who were alive and had Medicare coverage after Wave 3 taken from 1998 to 1999. Measures. Variables included number of falls, age, gender, muscle strength, education, marital status, physical performance measures, Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), SF-36 (physical and mental components), and co-morbidities. General linear models, specifically logistic regressions, were used to identify associations among variables. Incidence fall rates were examined in regards to gender and varying age categories. Results. There was a significant association between gender and the frequency of falls. Participants sustaining one or more falls were 32.4% males and 67.6% females. From among the age categories, the highest rate of falls was in the 85 years and older group with an incident rate of 43.8% and the lowest rate (25.4%) was among those between ages 75 and 79 years. A significant association between age and falls was identified. In the age categories (≤74 years; 75-79 years; 80-84 years and ≥85 years), the percentage of falls was higher in males versus females in all age categories. A statistically significant association between muscle strength and falls was found. After testing that association by adding variables to the model, significant risk factors for falls were identified as decreasing muscle strength, problems with ADL, and history of comorbidities. With group effects, the difference between the 1x falls and the ≥2 fall groups to each other was not statistically significant. Conclusion. These findings identify significant factors that should be considered when addressing falls in and elderly population. They also support the multifactorial approach to examining falls.

ISBN: 9780549034193Subjects--Topical Terms:

168436
Gerontology.

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