Citation

Nurmi I, Sihvonen M, Kataja M, Luthje P. Scand. J. Caring Sci. 1996; 10(4): 212-220.

Affiliation

Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Nordic College of Caring Science, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9060775

Abstract

We analyzed prospectively the incidence, the intrinsic and extrinsic factors and the consequences of falls during a 7-month period in 4 institutions in Finland in 1993. A total of 370 falls among 160 patients were recorded. Of the fallers 56% fell once and 44% more than once (range 2-24). The mean fall rate in men was higher than that in women (p < 0.01). Fallen men were younger but less ambulatory than women. Of the falls 95% occurred without eyewitness and 27% during the night shift; 30% (114/370) resulted in an injury and 7% (11/160) of the fallers suffered a fracture.

Language: en