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CONNECTION BETWEEN COMPETENCE, USABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND RISK OF FALLS IN ELDERLY ADULTS

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dc.creatorJOSÉ ALEX LEIVA CARO
dc.date2015
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T14:34:59Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T14:34:59Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: TO DETERMINE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMPETENCE, USABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND RISK OF FALLS IN ELDERLY ADULTS. METHOD: CORRELATIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY, 123 ELDERLY ADULTS, BOTH MALE AND FEMALE, AGED 70 YEARS AND OLDER WERE INCLUDED. DATA WAS COLLECTED VIA THE TINETTI SCALE, CESD-7 SCALE, MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT, USABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE ON HOUSING AND HOUSING ENABLER; AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH BACKGROUND CERTIFICATE DATA. FOR DATA ANALYSIS, DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS WERE USED, MULTIVARIATE LINEAR AND LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS WERE ADJUSTED. RESULTS: 42.0% OF THE ELDERLY ADULTS HAD PRESENTED WITH FALLS, WITH A HIGHER PREVALENCE IN WOMEN, AND IN THE GROUP OF 70-75 YEARS. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE HOUSE, GAIT, AND USABILITY WERE SET AS RISK FACTORS FOR FALLS. A NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USABILITY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, COGNITIVE HEALTH, BALANCE, GAIT, THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT WAS FOUND, P
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dc.identifier.doi10.1590/0104-1169.0331.2659
dc.identifier.issn1518-8345
dc.identifier.issn1518-8345
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/8059
dc.languagespa
dc.publisherRevista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
dc.relation.uri10.1590/0104-1169.0331.2659
dc.rightsPUBLICADA
dc.titleCONNECTION BETWEEN COMPETENCE, USABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND RISK OF FALLS IN ELDERLY ADULTS
dc.typeARTÍCULO
dspace.entity.typePublication
ubb.EstadoPUBLICADA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE ENFERMERIA
ubb.SedeCHILLÁN
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