The risk of fall accidents for home dwellers with dementia—A register‐ and population‐based case‐control study

Abstract Introduction Institutionalized people with dementia have an increased risk of fall accidents, but little is known about whether this increased risk holds for home dwellers. Methods This register‐ and population‐based study comprised 115,584 cases and 394,679 controls. Cases were individuals...

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Main Authors: Jindong Ding Petersen, Volkert Dirk Siersma, René dePont Christensen, Maria Munch Storsveen, Connie Thurøe Nielsen, Frans Boch Waldorff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2018.05.004