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

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