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Título: | Older people living alone: a predictive model of fall risk |
Autor(es): | Lage, Isabel Braga, Fátima Almendra, Manuela Meneses, Filipe Teixeira, Laetitia Araújo, Odete |
Palavras-chave: | Older people Living alone Falls prediction Risk of falling Nursing |
Data: | 3-Jul-2023 |
Editora: | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) |
Revista: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Citação: | Lage, I.; Braga, F.; Almendra, M.; Meneses, F.; Teixeira, L.; Araújo, O. Older People Living Alone: A Predictive Model of Fall Risk. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 6284. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136284 |
Resumo(s): | Falls in older people are a result of a combination of multiple risk factors. There are few studies involving predictive models in a community context. The aim of this study was to determine the validation of a new model for predicting fall risk in older adults (65+) living alone in community dwellings (n = 186; n = 117) with a test–retest reliability study. We consider in the predictive model the significant factors emerged from the bivariate analysis: age, zone, social community resources, physical exercise, self-perception of health, difficulty to keep standing, difficulty to sit and get up from a chair, strain to see, use of technical devices, hypertension and number of medications. The final model explained 28.5% of the risk of falling in older adults living alone in community dwellings. The AUC = 0.660 (se = 0.065, IC 95% 0.533–0.787, p = 0.017). The predictive model developed revealed a satisfactory discriminatory performance of the model and can contribute to clinical practice, with respect to the evaluation of risk of falling in this frailty group and preventing falls. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/86974 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph20136284 |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
e-ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Versão da editora: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/13/6284 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
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