Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Jamaica

Kathryn Mitchell-Fearon, Kenneth James, Norman Waldron, Desmalee Holder-Nevins, Douladel Willie-Tyndale, Hazel Laws and Denise Eldemire-Shearer

SAGE Open, 2014, vol. 4, issue 4, 2158244014564351

Abstract: The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of and risk factors for falling among community-dwelling older adults in Jamaica. A two-stage cluster sample design was used to recruit a nationally representative sample of 2,943 older adults. The fall prevalence in the past 6 months was 21.7%. In univariate analysis, a significantly greater proportion of women, the increasingly old, rural residents, persons with vision problems (including cataracts), and those with key chronic conditions reported falling in this period compared with those without these respective attributes ( p

Keywords: falls; older adults; falls prevention; chronic diseases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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