Yasumura S, Haga H, Nagai H, Suzuki T, Amano H, Shibata H
Department of Public Health, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Age Ageing. 1994 Jul;23(4):323-7. doi: 10.1093/ageing/23.4.323.
Eight hundred and seven elderly persons aged 65-84 years who were randomly selected from the community were interviewed about falls. The rate of falls in the preceding year was 12.8% in men and 21.5% in women. The difference in the rate between the sexes was statistically significant. The rate in the older group was significantly higher than that in the younger group in both sexes, when they were divided into two major age categories. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that contact with a doctor within a month preceding the survey in both sexes, age, history of stroke, visual deficit in men, and urinary or bowel incontinence in women were significantly associated with increased risk of falling. The study reveals that falls tend to occur in physically frail elderly people in the community.
从社区中随机选取807名年龄在65 - 84岁之间的老年人，询问他们的跌倒情况。男性前一年的跌倒发生率为12.8%，女性为21.5%。两性之间的发生率差异具有统计学意义。当按两个主要年龄类别划分时，两个性别的老年组发生率均显著高于年轻组。多因素逻辑回归分析显示，两性在调查前一个月内看医生的情况、年龄、中风史、男性视力缺陷以及女性尿失禁或大便失禁与跌倒风险增加显著相关。该研究表明，社区中身体虚弱的老年人容易发生跌倒。
