Milat Andrew J, Watson Wendy L, Monger Claire, Barr Margo, Giffin Michael, Reid Michael
The Sax Institute, Australia.
N S W Public Health Bull. 2011 Jun;22(3-4):43-8. doi: 10.1071/NB10065.
To describe the prevalence, circumstances and consequences of falls among community-dwelling older people in NSW using data from the 2009 NSW Falls Prevention Baseline Survey.
Telephone interviews with a random sample of 5681 NSW residents aged 65 years and over were conducted in 2009.
Of those surveyed, 25.6% reported falling in the last year. Of those who fell, 61.2% fell once, 21.4% fell twice, 7.8% fell three times, and 9.5% fell four or more times in the last year. Sixty-six percent of those who fell in the last year were injured and 20.0% visited a hospital as a result of a fall. The most common injuries were cuts, grazes or bruises (71.0%) and sprains or strains (9.9%).
The findings of this survey are consistent with previous findings in the published fall injury prevention literature. The results from the survey will assist in the design of community oriented fall injury prevention strategies and will form the baseline measure for the evaluation of the impact of these strategies in NSW.
利用2009年新南威尔士州跌倒预防基线调查的数据，描述该州社区居住老年人跌倒的发生率、情况及后果。
2009年对5681名年龄在65岁及以上的新南威尔士州居民进行随机抽样电话访谈。
在接受调查的人群中，25.6%报告在过去一年中跌倒过。在跌倒的人群中，61.2%跌倒过一次，21.4%跌倒过两次，7.8%跌倒过三次，9.5%在过去一年中跌倒过四次或更多次。去年跌倒的人群中有66%受伤，20.0%因跌倒而去医院就诊。最常见的受伤情况是割伤、擦伤或瘀伤（71.0%）以及扭伤或拉伤（9.9%）。
本次调查结果与已发表的跌倒伤害预防文献中的先前研究结果一致。该调查结果将有助于制定以社区为导向的跌倒伤害预防策略，并将作为评估这些策略在新南威尔士州影响的基线指标。
