Risk factors of falling among the elderly in elderly apartment in Suzhou
RUAN Ai-Chao
ZHENG Peng
Abstract：Objective To investigate the present condition and influencing factors of falling in the elderly apartment,so as to provide empirical basis for the prevention of falling management among the elderly in the elderly apartment.Methods General information questionnaire and the community elderly fall risk assessment questionnaire were used to investigate the falling situation in 677 elderly in the elderly apartment.Results Totally,180 cases of 677 elderly people had fell before,the falling rate was 26.59％,sex,disease species affecting balance,subnormal vision,abnormal physical sensory,functional behavior assessment,walking safely in their own home,risk factors in home environment in the elderly apartment.Conclusion The elderly falling rate is higher and especially related with gender and disease species affecting balance.Fall risk should be controlled,optimizing the environment of the elderly apartment,strengthening the balance and control of sports training,in order to reduce the incidence of the elderly fall in elderly apartment.
Keywords：elderly apartmentthe elderlyfallrisk factor
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 186-188 )