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

• Hoofdauteurs: Luna S Vieira (Auteur), Ana Paula Gomes (Auteur), Isabel O Bierhals (Auteur), Simone Farías-Antúnez (Auteur), Camila G Ribeiro (Auteur), Vanessa I A Miranda (Auteur), Bárbara H Lutz (Auteur), Thiago G Barbosa-Silva (Auteur), Natália P Lima (Auteur), Andréa D Bertoldi (Auteur), Elaine Tomasi (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Universidade de São Paulo, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...