Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 4;9:665985. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.665985. eCollection 2021.
This study examined the association between storey of building and fall risk in older adults' residences and residents' level of fear of falling. The National Health and Ageing Trends Study (NHATS) collected information that would provide an understanding of basic trends people aged 65 years and older. Using a longitudinal survey, the present study employed the first round of NHATS data that was collected in 2011. In the first round, 12,411 participants were enrolled, and 8,077 interviews were completed. The study sample sizes for falling and worry about falling are 6,153 and 6,142, respectively. Unadjusted analysis revealed that storey of building was a risk factor for fall and worry about falling. There was a higher prevalence for fall and worry about falling when subjects lived in single storey of building compared with the subjects live in multi-storey. Logistic regression analysis showed no highly significant between storey of building and the fall/fear of falling. Several clinical factors independently were indicated pertaining to the fall and worry about falling in older adult's residences.
本研究调查了建筑物楼层与老年人居住场所跌倒风险以及居民跌倒恐惧程度之间的关系。国家健康与老龄化趋势研究（NHATS）收集了有助于了解 65 岁及以上人群基本趋势的信息。本研究采用纵向调查，利用 2011 年收集的 NHATS 第一轮数据。在第一轮中，共有 12411 名参与者被招募，完成了 8077 次访谈。跌倒和担心跌倒的研究样本量分别为 6153 和 6142。未经调整的分析显示，建筑物楼层是跌倒和担心跌倒的危险因素。与住在多层建筑的受试者相比，住在单层建筑的受试者跌倒和担心跌倒的发生率更高。逻辑回归分析显示，建筑物楼层与跌倒/跌倒恐惧之间没有高度显著的相关性。有几个临床因素独立地与老年人居住场所的跌倒和担心跌倒有关。
