TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Identifying profiles of people aged 65 and over who fall at home and associated falling-induced injuries: the French ChuPADom study
JO  - Injury
A1  - Torres, Marion J.
A1  - Pédrono, Gaëlle
A1  - Rigou, Annabel
A1  - Carcaillon-Bentata, Laure
A1  - Beltzer, Nathalie
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-1383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2022.02.021
ID  - ref1
ER  -