Institute of Gerontology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2013 Jun;28(4):403-7. doi: 10.1177/1533317513488921. Epub 2013 May 22.
This study aimed to identify the effects of sleep quality, physical activity, environmental quality, age, ethnicity, sex differences, marital status, and educational level on the risk of falls in the elderly individuals with dementia.
Data were derived from a group of 1210 Malaysian elderly individuals who were noninstitutionalized and demented. The multiple logistic regression model was applied to estimate the risk of falls in respondents.
Approximately the prevalence of falls was 17% among the individuals. The results of multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.03), ethnicity (OR = 1.76), sleep quality (OR = 1.46), and environmental quality (OR = 0.62) significantly affected the risk of falls in individuals (P < .05). Furthermore, sex differences, marital status, educational level, and physical activity were not significant predictors of falls in samples (P > .05).
It was found that age, ethnic non-Malay, and sleep disruption increased the risk of falls in respondents, but high environmental quality reduced the risk of falls.
本研究旨在确定睡眠质量、身体活动、环境质量、年龄、种族、性别差异、婚姻状况和教育水平对痴呆老年个体跌倒风险的影响。
数据来自于一组 1210 名非住院且患有痴呆症的马来西亚老年人。采用多逻辑回归模型来估计受访者跌倒的风险。
大约有 17%的个体存在跌倒的情况。多逻辑回归分析的结果显示，年龄（比值比[OR] = 1.03）、种族（OR = 1.76）、睡眠质量（OR = 1.46）和环境质量（OR = 0.62）显著影响个体跌倒的风险（P <.05）。此外，性别差异、婚姻状况、教育水平和身体活动并不是样本中跌倒的显著预测因素（P >.05）。
研究发现，年龄、非马来族裔和睡眠中断增加了受访者跌倒的风险，但较高的环境质量降低了跌倒的风险。
