TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Sex differences in the association between pain and injurious falls in older adults: a population-based longitudinal study
JO  - American journal of epidemiology
A1  - Welmer, Anna-Karin
A1  - Rizzuto, Debora
A1  - Calderón-Larrañaga, Amaia
A1  - Johnell, Kristina
SP  - 1049
EP  - 1056
VL  - 186
IS  - 9
N2  - We investigated whether there are sex differences in the association between pain and incident injurious falls. A total of 2934 people (≥60 years) from the population-based Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (2001-2004) participated. Participants were followed up for 3 and 10 years for falls leading to hospitalization or outpatient care. Data were analyzed with flexible parametric survival models adjusted for potential confounders. During 3 years of follow-up, 67 men and 194 women experienced an injurious fall, and over 10 years of follow up, 203 men and 548 women experienced such a fall. In men, the presence of pain, pain that was at least mild, pain that affected several daily activities, and daily pain significantly increased the likelihood of an injurious fall during the 3-year follow-up. The multi-adjusted hazard ratios ranged from 1.78 (95% confidence interval: 1.00, 3.15) for the presence of pain to 2.89 (95% confidence interval: 1.41, 5.93) for several daily activities affected by pain. The 10-year follow-up results were similar. No significant associations were detected in women. Although pain is less prevalent in men than women, its impact on risk of injurious falls seems to be greater in men.<br><br>© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-9262
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwx170
ID  - ref1
ER  -