Risk Factors for Falls among Older People: a Population-based Case-Control Study

نویسندگان
Taghipour, Ali ID 1
Mosa Farkhani, Ehsan ID 2
Bahrami, Hamid Reza ID 3
Pirizadeh, Ebrahim ID 4
Vakili, Vida ID 5
beygi, Behnaz ID 6

1 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 Deputy of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.

3 Faculty of Persian and Complementary Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

4 Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

5 Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

6 East Educational Research Division of Drug Abuse and Addictive Behavior, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

doi
10.18502/ehj.v5i2.2154
چکیده

Introduction: Falling is one of the most common problems of the elderly people with a multi factorial nature and frequent cases. This study aimed to determine the risk factors of falls in old people covered by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.   Methods: This retrospective case-control study was conducted on 15,600 ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Fall, Elderly, Risk Factors, Case-Control Study