Falls among older adults in the South of Brazil: prevalence and determinants

• मुख्य लेखकों: Luna S Vieira (लेखक), Ana Paula Gomes (लेखक), Isabel O Bierhals (लेखक), Simone Farías-Antúnez (लेखक), Camila G Ribeiro (लेखक), Vanessa I A Miranda (लेखक), Bárbara H Lutz (लेखक), Thiago G Barbosa-Silva (लेखक), Natália P Lima (लेखक), Andréa D Bertoldi (लेखक), Elaine Tomasi (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Universidade de São Paulo, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Evaluate the prevalence and the factors associated with the occurrence of falls among older adults. METHODS A cross-sectional study with a representative sample of 1,451 elderly residents in the urban area of Pelotas, RS, in 2014. A descriptive analysis of the data was performed a...