Predictors of Incidence of Fall in Elderly Women; A Six-Month Cohort Study

Objective: To determine the incidence and predictive factors of the falls in elderly women in Northern Iran.Methods: A total of 717 elderly women aged 60 years and above in Amirkola, Northern of Iran participated in this study. Age, history of falls during the 12 months leading to the study, accompa...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Safarpour, Seyed Reza Hosseini, Masume Mohamadzade, Ali Bijani, Akbar Fotouhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences 2018-07-01
Series:Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma
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Online Access:http://beat.sums.ac.ir/article_44439_b971c244d947f5e2d55484b1f4070901.pdf