Prevalence and External Factors of Home Falls Among the Elderly in Qazvin
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Prevalence of Risk Factors for Falls Among the Elderly Receiving Care at Home
Objectives Elderly people are at the highest risk for falling. In order to design and implement effective interventions and reduce the incidence of falling and its resulting injuries, the relative importance of each risk factor should be determined. This study aimed to determine how frequently different factors contribute to falls among the elderly served by one home health agency in Tehran. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1561-3666,2423-5814
DOI: 10.32598/jqums.23.5.440