TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Epidemiology of accidents in a cohort of adults over 64 years old in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
JO  - Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia
A1  - de Castro, Visitación
A1  - Mokoroa, Olatz
A1  - Artieda, Juncal
A1  - Muniozguren, Nerea
A1  - Etxebarriarteun, Larraitz
A1  - Alvarez, Lorea
A1  - Garcia Calabuig, Miguel Angel
SP  - 281
EP  - 284
VL  - 50
IS  - 6
N2  - INTRODUCTION: Accidents represent a significant health problem for elderly people. The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of accidents in over-64-year-olds in the Basque Country population, and to describe the clinical-epidemiological features leading to them. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This was a prospective cohort study of 15,192 non-institutionalised individuals over 64 years of age, conducted under the auspices of the Basque Sentinel Practice Network (Red Vigía) over one year. A questionnaire was completed for each accident. The rates and risks of accidents were calculated by sex and age group of the individuals who had the accidents. <br><br>RESULTS: The rates of accidents were 46.52 and 81.87 per 1000 men and women, respectively. The most common type of accident was a fall (92%), and the most severe injuries were fractures (17%), with the risk of an accident being significantly higher in women and in the over-75-year-olds. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These data reflect the scale of accidents in over-64-year-olds in the Basque Country. The most frequent accident was the fall, which represents a dramatic event among the elderly, being one of the main causes of injury, disability and institutionalisation among this population group.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0211-139X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regg.2014.11.009
ID  - ref1
ER  -