@article{ref1,
title="Falls frequency in elderly assisted in the family health strategy",
journal="International archives of medicine",
year="2016",
author="Lucena, Irapuan Medeiros de and Nogueira, Matheus Figueiredo and Moreira, Sérgio Augusto Paredes and Silva, Luipa Michele and Alves, Maria do Socorro Costa Feitosa and Silva, Antonia Oliveira and Borges, Ana Paula Abreu and Almeida, José Luiz Telles de and Simpson, Clélia Albino and Mendes, Felismina Rosa Parreira",
volume="9",
number="",
pages="e1610-e1610",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The growth of the elderly population is a global phenomenon and, in Brazil, this transformation is happening in a very fast way. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: knowing the frequency of falls in the context of an aging population attended in a Health Family Unit. <br><br>METHOD: This is a transversal research with a sample consisted of 121 elderly. A questionnaire was applied to the participants and the results were statistically analyzed with the Chi-Square test and Fisher's exact used to verify the association between variables. <br><br>RESULTS: The results show that the majorities were female (76.9%); concerning marital status, 35.3% are married; 92.1% with family income between one and two minimum wages; and 91.8% live with their spouse and/or children. The study showed a significant statistically association between female gender (p=0.001), leading to the conclusion that there is a tendency that older woman suffers more falls than men. We found an occurrence of falls in 69.9% of women while this rate reaches 32.1% in male elderly. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Therefore, it is expected that these results can help to give a new look to the understanding of the falls with the Health Family Units.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1755-7682",
doi="10.3823/1984",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3823/1984"
}