Proportion, pattern, and predictors of falls in older adults - A community-based observational study in rural West Bengal

• Main Authors: Dipankar Jana (Author), Monalisha Sahu (Author), Bobby Paul (Author), Sandipta Chakraborty (Author), Lina Bandyopadhyay (Author), Ranjan Das (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: In spite of falls being a major public health problem, where most of the falls are preventable, there is a lack of epidemiological investigation among those aged 50 and above, especially in developing countries. Hence, we investigate the proportion, pattern, and predictors of falls in...