在社区居住的老年人中感知平衡,平衡表现和跌倒:一项回顾性,跨部门研究
Hanne R Dolan1, Janet Pohl1, Keenan Pituch1
1Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Journal of aging and health
|March 28, 2024
概括
那些认为自己的平衡很差的老年人更有可能跌倒. 感知平衡,而不是性能测试或害怕跌倒,有效地预测老年人的跌倒.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 生物医学科学 生物医学科学
背景情况:
- 跌倒是老年人中严重的公共卫生问题,导致受伤和降低生活质量.
- 了解跌倒的预测因素对于制定有效的预防策略至关重要.
- 感知余额,余额表现和跌倒恐惧 (FOF) 通常被认为是风险因素.
研究的目的:
- 调查老年人的感知平衡,平衡表现和FOF与过去一个月的跌倒之间的联系.
- 为了确定这些因素中哪一个是跌倒的更强有力的预测因素.
- 为评估跌倒风险和预防策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自国家健康和衰老趋势研究 (N=7499) 的数据进行了回顾性,横截面,二次分析.
- 采用健康信念模型作为理论框架.
- 进行了多重物流回归分析,以评估变量和跌倒之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 自我报告平衡问题的老年人报告在过去一个月中跌倒的可能性是3.3倍 (p < .001).
- 短物理性能电池 (平衡性能测试) 并不是唯一与跌倒相关的.
- 在这个群体中,恐惧跌倒 (FOF) 并不是唯一与跌倒有关.
结论:
- 感知平衡似乎比客观平衡绩效措施更重要地预测了老年人下跌的情况.
- 评估老年人的感知平衡可能为识别跌倒风险提供一种新有效的方法.
- 这些发现表明,在跌倒风险评估中可能发生转变,优先考虑主观平衡感知,以加强预防跌倒的努力.
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