Prevalence of household falls in long-lived adults and association with extrinsic factors

Resume Objective: to identify the prevalence of falls among older adults and the extrinsic factors associated with them. Method: population-based cross-sectional study with 350 older adults. A household survey was conducted using a questionnaire addressing socio-demographic, clinical, and environm...

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Main Authors: Silviane Galvan Pereira, Claudia Benedita dos Santos, Marlene Doring, Marilene Rodrigues Portella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-10-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692017000100382&lng=en&tlng=en