Chehuen Neto José Antonio, Braga Nícolas Augusto Coelho, Brum Igor Vilela, Gomes Gislaine Fernandes, Tavares Paula Liziero, Silva Rafael Teixeira Costa, Freire Mariana Rodarte, Ferreira Renato Erothildes
Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brasil,
Cien Saude Colet. 2018 Apr;23(4):1097-1104. doi: 10.1590/1413-81232018234.09252016.
to describe the awareness about falls among elderly people living in their households in communities, to measure the other risks that they are exposed to in their homes and to evaluate the influence that knowledge on falling brings in the adoption of preventative measures.
The FRAQ-Brazil questionnaire was used on 473 elderly people as well as a questionnaire on elderly people being exposed to 20 household risk factors. Associations between the variables were analyzed using the chi-squared test with a confidence interval of 95%.
The age range was between 60 and 95 years with the average being 70.6 years. The majority of those interviewed were female (58.4%) who were earning 2 minimum wages (46.3%). The average amount of correct answers given with the use of the FRAQ-Brazil questionnaire was 19.5 out of 32 points and the elderly participants were, on average, exposed to 7.8 household risk factors. 180 of them stated that they had already received information on falls.
The majority of the elderly population displayed little knowledge on falls and were exposed to a variety of daily risk factors. Individuals who were more advanced in years and who had more knowledge on falls, were exposed to less household risk factors. This may well have been due to the adoption of preventative measures through changing domestic environment.
描述居住在社区家庭中的老年人对跌倒的认知，衡量他们在家中面临的其他风险，并评估跌倒知识对采取预防措施的影响。
对473名老年人使用巴西跌倒风险评估问卷（FRAQ-Brazil）以及一份关于老年人暴露于20种家庭风险因素的问卷。使用卡方检验分析变量之间的关联，置信区间为95%。
年龄范围在60至95岁之间，平均年龄为70.6岁。大多数受访者为女性（58.4%），收入为2份最低工资（46.3%）。使用FRAQ-Brazil问卷给出的正确答案平均得分为32分中的19.5分，老年参与者平均暴露于7.8种家庭风险因素。其中180人表示他们已经收到过关于跌倒的信息。
大多数老年人群体对跌倒的了解很少，并且暴露于各种日常风险因素中。年龄较大且对跌倒有更多了解的个体，暴露于较少的家庭风险因素。这很可能是由于通过改变家庭环境采取了预防措施。
