Citation

Salb J, Woodward C, Offenhäußer J, Becker C, Sieber C, Freiberger E. Intellect. Dev. Disabil. 2015; 53(3): 228-239.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)

DOI

10.1352/1934-9556-53.3.228

PMID

26107855

Abstract

The objective of our study was to describe the prevalence and characteristics of falls in adults with intellectual disability living in a residential care setting and to define differences between fallers and non-fallers in younger and older resident groups. In contrast to the general population, falls are a problem for both aged and younger adults with intellectual disability living in a residential care setting. Falls of 147 residents, aged between 21-89 years with different grades of ID, were recorded prospectively over a 12 months period using a digital fall report form. For all participants, a total of 140 falls were reported and high fall rates per person-year were found in the younger (0.85) as well as in the older aged residents (1.06).

Language: en