Softic Albina, Beganlic Azijada, Pranjic Nurka, Sulejmanovic Sevko
Public Health Centre, Gracanica, Department of Family Medicine, Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Public Health Scientific Institutions Health Tuzla and Educational Family Medicine Centre, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Med Arch. 2013;67(4):256-9. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2013.67.256-259.
Falls are an important factor of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Every year falls between 30% and 40% of people over 65 years, and the consequences of injuries in this age are much severe than in the younger age groups. Most of these falls resulting from complex interactions between the external and internal factors. The causes of falls of elderly patients are most frequently accidental, limb weakness, difficulty walking and taking medication.
Cross-sectional study, the control type, we analyzed the frequency of falls and individual risk factors for falls in the elderly (> or = 65 years). The dependent variable was the decline and potential risk factors were used: age, sex, use of benzodiazepines.
Out of 376 respondents were significantly more women 242 (64%) compared to 134 men (46%), the decline has been seen 128 (34%) were taking benzodiazepine 216 (57%) of the respondents, the most commonly used benzodiazepine is bromazepam and a positive correlation was found between the use of benzodiazepines and frequency of falls.
跌倒是老年人发病和死亡的一个重要因素。每年65岁以上人群中有30%至40%的人会跌倒，而且这个年龄段受伤的后果比年轻人群体严重得多。这些跌倒大多是由外部和内部因素之间的复杂相互作用导致的。老年患者跌倒的原因最常见的是意外、肢体无力、行走困难和用药。
采用横断面研究、对照类型，我们分析了老年人（≥65岁）跌倒的频率和个体跌倒风险因素。因变量是跌倒，潜在风险因素包括：年龄、性别、苯二氮䓬类药物的使用。
在376名受访者中，女性明显多于男性，女性有242人（64%），男性有134人（36%）；有128人（34%）出现跌倒，216名（57%）受访者正在服用苯二氮䓬类药物，最常用的苯二氮䓬类药物是溴西泮，并且发现苯二氮䓬类药物的使用与跌倒频率之间存在正相关。
