@article{ref1,
title="Identifying profiles of people aged 65 and over who fall at home and associated falling-induced injuries: the French ChuPADom study",
journal="Injury",
year="2022",
author="Torres, Marion J. and Pédrono, Gaëlle and Rigou, Annabel and Carcaillon-Bentata, Laure and Beltzer, Nathalie",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Falls in older people are a major public health problem due to associated morbidity and mortality. Their origin is most often multifactorial. <br><br>OBJECTIVE, DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: The objective of the present study, called ChuPaDom, was to identify patterns or profiles of home fallers (HF) - understood here as people who fall in their place of residence - among a sample of persons aged 65 and over who were hospitalized after a fall, and to study their association with falling-induced injuries using data from the ChuPAdom study. <br><br>METHODS: Multiple correspondence analysis and Hierarchical Clustering on Principal Components were performed. Multivariate logistic regression was used to test for associations between HF profiles and injuries. <br><br>RESULTS: The sample comprised 1467 patients (69% female, average age = 84.5 years). Five profiles were identified: youngest seniors who took risks and fell from a raised height, youngest seniors with specific health problems who fell down a stairs, autonomous seniors who fell because they lost their balance or fell from their own height, dependent seniors who fell during low-intensity activities, very old seniors for whom missing data were frequent. Fractures were more frequent among the first profile than the last two profiles constituted with more dependent individuals (p < 0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: These results highlight the heterogeneity of the circumstances in which older people fall. A greater understanding of these circumstances is needed to implement targeted prevention actions.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-1383",
doi="10.1016/j.injury.2022.02.021",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2022.02.021"
}