TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Connection between competence, usability, environment and risk of falls in elderly adults
JO  - Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
A1  - Leiva-Caro, José Alex
A1  - Salazar-González, Bertha Cecilia
A1  - Gallegos-Cabriales, Esther Carlota
A1  - Gómez-Meza, Marco Vinicio
A1  - Hunter, Kathleen F.
SP  - 1139
EP  - 1148
VL  - 23
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: to determine connections between competence, usability, environment and risk of falls in elderly adults. <br><br>METHOD: correlational descriptive study, 123 elderly adults, both male and female, aged 70 years and older were included. Data was collected via the Tinetti Scale, CESD-7 Scale, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Usability Questionnaire on Housing and Housing Enabler; and sociodemographic and health background certificate data. For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistics were used, multivariate linear and logistic regression models were adjusted. <br><br>RESULTS: 42.0% of the elderly adults had presented with falls, with a higher prevalence in women, and in the group of 70-75 years. The physical environment of the house, gait, and usability were set as risk factors for falls. A negative relationship between usability and depressive symptoms, cognitive health, balance, gait, the social and physical environment was found, p <0.05; and a strong positive correlation between walking and balance, p <0.05. <br><br>CONCLUSION: this study helps to better understand the phenomenon of falling, to find a connection between usability with the risk of falls, and other variables.<p />  <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0104-1169
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0331.2659
ID  - ref1
ER  -