Risk Profiles for fall among Elderly People in South India
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 9
Abstract
Background: Globally, the popula-tion of elderly people aged ≥65 years is increasing and is projected to reach 1.5 billion by 2050. In India, the elderly people constitute 8.1% of the total population. Falls are a ma-jor health problem in an elderly people and are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out amongst 195 elderly people from March to July 2018 in Khammam District of Telangana State. Data collected includes socio-demographic characteristics, fall events, medication use, co-morbidity, visual and hearing im-pairment, walking aid use, smoking and alcohol consumption. For an assessment of functional status, the activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily liv-ing (IADL) scale were used. Results: A total of 195 elderly peo-ple with a mean age of fallers were 68.4±10 years and that of non-fallers were 66.7±5.5 years. The prevalence of falls in the past one year was re-ported to be 13.8%. Age, gender, comorbidity, visual impairment, liv-ing alone and poor sleep quality were associated with falls. Conclusion: The overall prevalence of fall among elderly was found to be 13.8% with majority of falls in indoor settings. More efforts needed to reduce falls related to home envi-ronment with a special focus on el-derly people and females.
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Satyanarayana Konda, Ravikumar B P
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