A Classification and Regression Tree for Predicting Recurrent Falling among Community-dwelling Seniors Using Home-care Services

• Published in: Canadian journal of public health Vol. 100; no. 4; pp. 263 - 267
• Main Authors: Leclerc, Bernard S., Bégin, Claude, Cadieux, Élizabeth, Goulet, Lise, Allaire, Jean-François, Meloche, Julie, Leduc, Nicole, Kergoat, Marie-Jeanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Canadian Public Health Association 01.07.2009; Springer International Publishing; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accidental Falls - mortality; Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data; Accidents; Age Factors; Aged; Aged patients; Aged, 80 and over; Alcohol drinking; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Alcohol Drinking - physiopathology; Alcohols; Balance scales; Biological and medical sciences; Carts; Environmental hazards; Epidemiology; Falls (Accidents); Female; General aspects; Geriatric Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Hazardous materials; Home care services; Home Care Services - statistics & numerical data; Home care services industry; Housing; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Methods; Miscellaneous; Observational studies; Older adults; Older people; Ontario; Postural Balance - physiology; Predictive Value of Tests; Predisposing factors; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Public Health; Public Health - statistics & numerical data; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; Recurrence; Regression Analysis; Residence Characteristics; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Statistics; Survival analysis; Ontario; Canada; risk assessment; risk factors; elderly; analyse de survie; services de soutien à domicile; home care services; prognosis; multiple classification analysis; chutes accidentelles; survival analysis; pronostic; arbre de régression et de classification; facteurs de risque; Accidental falls; public health; personnes âgées; Human; Relapse; Prognosis; Regression; Recurrent; Housing; Epidemiology; Survival; Care; At home; Classification; Risk factor; Fall; Elderly; Public health

Objectives: A prospective, observational study was undertaken to identify risk profiles of subjects regarding the recurrence of falling among community-dwelling seniors using home-care services. Methods: A convenience sample of 868 community-dwelling older persons, aged 65 years or older, who use ho...