Prevalence of falls and their influencing factors and impaired balance among the elderly in Guangdong Province

LIAO Ting-ting; LIN Li-feng; LIN Xia-zi; XU Hao-feng; MENG Rui-lin; ZHENG Xue-yan; PENG Dan-dan; SONG Xiu-ling; LI Chuan

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.018

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LIAO Ting-ting, LIN Li-feng, LIN Xia-zi, XU Hao-feng, MENG Rui-lin, ZHENG Xue-yan, PENG Dan-dan, SONG Xiu-ling, LI Chuan. Prevalence of falls and their influencing factors and impaired balance among the elderly in Guangdong Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 851-856. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.018

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LIAO Ting-ting, LIN Li-feng, LIN Xia-zi, XU Hao-feng, MENG Rui-lin, ZHENG Xue-yan, PENG Dan-dan, SONG Xiu-ling, LI Chuan. Prevalence of falls and their influencing factors and impaired balance among the elderly in Guangdong Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 851-856. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.018

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LIAO Ting-ting, LIN Li-feng, LIN Xia-zi, XU Hao-feng, MENG Rui-lin, ZHENG Xue-yan, PENG Dan-dan, SONG Xiu-ling, LI Chuan. Prevalence of falls and their influencing factors and impaired balance among the elderly in Guangdong Province[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(7): 851-856. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.018

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Prevalence of falls and their influencing factors and impaired balance among the elderly in Guangdong Province

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.07.018

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School of Basic Medicine and Public Health, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou 511430, China
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School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China

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Major Public Health Program of the Ministry of Finance 131091106000150003

Scientific Research Project of Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of Guangdong Provincial 20201043

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Corresponding author: LI Chuan, E-mail: 553282732@qq.com
Received Date: 2021-08-30
Rev Recd Date: 2022-03-11

Available Online: 2022-07-19

Publish Date: 2022-07-10

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Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of falls and impaired balance among the community elderly in Guangdong Province. Methods A multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method was used to carry out a sample survey. The χ² test was used to analyze the prevalence of falls and the rate of impaired balance among the elderly with different characteristics, and a multivariate Logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors of falls. Results In this study, the falls prevalence rate was 11.90% during the past year and the rate of impaired balance ability was 58.37%. Falls and impaired balance were more common among females, rural, illiterate, unmarried, and elderly people living alone (all P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that the risk of falls was higher in women than in men, and the occurrence of falls became more and more serious with the increase of age. The risk of falls in rural elderly was higher than that in urban elderly. The elderly were most likely to fall when walking around the house or doing housework (35.11%). The rates of bruises/contusions, fractures, sprains/strains, concussions/brain contusions and other types of injuries caused by falls were 55.77%, 22.22%, 17.09%, 1.07%, and 3.85%, respectively. Conclusions The prevalence of falls during the past year has been high among the elderly in Guangdong Province, and their balance ability is seriously impaired. Health education for the elderly against falls and comprehensive intervention measures based on family protection should be strengthened.
- Elderly people,
- Falls,
- Balance ability

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