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高齢者における転落による怪我や死亡
P Kannus1, J Parkkari, S Koskinen
1Accident & Trauma Research Center and the Tampere Research Center of Sports Medicine, President Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute for Health Promotion Research, Finland. klpeka@uta.fi
JAMA
|June 1, 1999
まとめ
高齢者の転倒による怪我は著しく増加しており,人口統計学的変化を上回っています. しかし,年齢調整された転倒による死亡率は,明確な上昇傾向を示さないため,効果的な予防戦略の可能性を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- ゲロントロジーはゲロントロジーの学科です.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- 高齢者の転倒による怪我や死亡は,ますます懸念される問題となっています.
- これらのイベントに関する疫学的なデータは限られている.
研究 の 目的:
- 50歳以上の人間の転倒による怪我や死亡の傾向を分析する.
- フィンランドの特定の白人集団におけるこれらの傾向を調査する.
主な方法:
- フィンランドの国立登録 (退院登録,死因統計) を利用した世俗的な傾向分析.
- 転落による負傷 (1970年−1995年) と転落による死亡 (1971年−1995年) のために入院した50歳以上のすべての個人を含む.
- 10万人あたりの年齢別および年齢調整された罹患率の計算.
主要な成果:
- 高齢者 (50歳以上) のうち,転落による怪我の総数と発生率の両方が大幅に増加しました.
- 総傷害は1970年から1995年の間に284%増加し,発生率は183%増加しました.
- 年齢調整による怪我の発生率は,男女ともに120%以上増加した.
- 転倒による死亡の総数は80%増加したが,年齢調整による死亡率は明確な上昇傾向を示さなかった.
結論:
- 高齢者における転落による怪我の増加は,人口高齢化にのみ起因するものを超えています.
- 墜落による怪我の増大する負担を管理するために,予防措置の緊急実施が推奨されています.
- 年齢調整による転倒による死亡率の上昇傾向がないことは,介入の有効性に対する前景を楽観的に示しています.
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