Gender difference in the perceived cause of fall leading to fracture and its potentially contributing factors among older adults

Background: the present study aimed to investigate gender difference in the perceived cause (intrinsic or extrinsic) of falls leading to fracture (FLF) and its association with selected social, health, and environmental factors. Methods: All patients aged 60 years or older who were admitted to two r...

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Published inJournal of injury and violence research Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 1 - 8
Main Authors Ardaneh, Mahdieh, Fararouei, Mohammad, Hassanzadeh, Jafar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kermanshah Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences 01.07.2023
Subjects
Age
Anesthesia
Education
Fractures
Gender differences
Illiteracy
Interviews
Older people
Patients
Population
Prevention
Public health
Questionnaires
Statistical analysis
Visual impairment
Women
Iran
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Summary:Background: the present study aimed to investigate gender difference in the perceived cause (intrinsic or extrinsic) of falls leading to fracture (FLF) and its association with selected social, health, and environmental factors. Methods: All patients aged 60 years or older who were admitted to two referral hospitals due to FLF from August 1,201 8, to the end of May 201 9, were included in the study. An interviewadministered questionnaire was used to collect the required data from 300 participants (136 men and 1 64 women). Results: When compared to men, women were less physical active, were less smoker, had lower education, had more vision problems, used more sedatives, and were more satisfied with their life (P less than 0.05 for all). No statistical difference was observed between men and women about the perceived cause of Fall. Conclusion: Although women and men were the same in the perceived cause of fall, they had considerably riskier lifestyles and lower health status. These factors include education, vision condition, physical activity, occupation, and taking sleeping pills. On the other hand, men were
ISSN:2008-2053
2008-4072