All incidents of falls over the 6-month post-index follow-up period were used to identify the outcomes of falls (≥1 fall) and recurrent falls (>1 fall).
Moreover, in this study sample, recalling more that one fall in the past year strengthened the risk estimates for subsequent falling and recurrent falling associated with any recalled fall in the past year.
In the fall recurrent rains — water meeting water — are like layers of kinetic glazing, breaking light up, so the city becomes incoherent scintillation.
The following factors were tested for potential confounding: use of a mobility aid, severe fear-of-falling, recurrent falls in the past year, marital status, living situation, visual problems, hearing problems, daily care assistance, depression, involuntary loss of urine, use of incontinence material, medial history of CVA/TIA, dementia and anxiety or panic disorder and quality of life.
The highest ORs of factors related to single fall, recurrent falls, and fall-related fractures were for the high-risk group in the SRRST in all logistic models.
Cut-points for maximizing the sensitivity and specificity were 2/3 point in all of a single fall, recurrent falls and fall-related fractures.
However, there was no association between FOF and recurrent falls (recurrent fallers with FOF: 50% (n = 27); recurrent fallers with no FOF: 50% (n = 27); p = 0.79) or between gender and recurrent falls (women with recurrent falls: 21% (n = 35); men with recurrent falls: 30% (n = 19); p = 0.32).
Sensitivity and specificity of 2/3 cut-point in a single fall, recurrent falls and fall-related fractures were 0.66 and 0.63, 0.75 and 0.60, and 0.68 and 0.55, respectively.
In model 1, which adjusted for age and sex, the OR for a single fall, recurrent falls, and fall-related fractures increased as the SRRST score increased, and P for trend of all models showed significance.
*p <.05, †p <.01, ‡Mean ± standard deviation Each SRRST item and potential confounding factor was compared between the participants with and without a single fall, recurrent falls, and fall-related fractures using t-tests for age and chi-square tests for categorical variables.
The objective of this study was to determine if a single non-injurious fall, recurrent non-injurious falls, or an injurious fall within a period of 12 months are associated with an increased long-term risk of experiencing injurious falls in community-dwelling people over 75 years of age.
