Leiva-Caro José Alex, Salazar-González Bertha Cecilia, Gallegos-Cabriales Esther Carlota, Gómez-Meza Marco Vinicio, Hunter Kathleen F
Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad Ciencias de la Salud y de los Alimentos, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán, Chile.
Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, NL, Mexico.
Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2015 Nov-Dec;23(6):1139-48. doi: 10.1590/0104-1169.0331.2659.
To determine connections between competence, usability, environment and risk of falls in elderly adults.
Correlational descriptive study, 123 elderly adults, both male and female, aged 70 years and older were included. Data was collected via the Tinetti Scale, CESD-7 Scale, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Usability Questionnaire on Housing and Housing Enabler; and sociodemographic and health background certificate data. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used, multivariate linear and logistic regression models were adjusted.
42.0% of the elderly adults had presented with falls, with a higher prevalence in women, and in the group of 70-75 years. The physical environment of the house, gait, and usability were set as risk factors for falls. A negative relationship between usability and depressive symptoms, cognitive health, balance, gait, the social and physical environment was found, p <0.05; and a strong positive correlation between walking and balance, p <0.05.
This study helps to better understand the phenomenon of falling, to find a connection between usability with the risk of falls, and other variables.
确定老年人的能力、可用性、环境与跌倒风险之间的联系。
相关性描述性研究，纳入123名年龄在70岁及以上的老年人，男女皆有。通过Tinetti量表、CESD - 7量表、蒙特利尔认知评估、住房可用性问卷和住房促进因素收集数据；以及社会人口统计学和健康背景证明数据。数据分析采用描述性和推断性统计，调整多元线性和逻辑回归模型。
42.0%的老年人曾有跌倒经历，女性及70 - 75岁组的患病率更高。房屋的物理环境、步态和可用性被确定为跌倒的风险因素。发现可用性与抑郁症状、认知健康、平衡、步态、社会和物理环境之间存在负相关，p <0.05；步行与平衡之间存在强正相关，p <0.05。
本研究有助于更好地理解跌倒现象，找到可用性与跌倒风险以及其他变量之间的联系。
