Journal article
Home and Neighborhood Context and Fall Risk Among Older Americans
Innovation in aging, v 4(Suppl 1), pp 711-711
16 Dec 2020
Abstract
Falls result from complex interactions between individuals and their environment and are the leading cause of injuries among older adults. A nascent literature demonstrates an association between neighborhood characteristics and falls. However, available evidence is from small, nonrepresentative samples and generally focuses on individual, home, or neighborhood risk-factors rather than the contribution of all three. We link information from N=6,489 community-dwelling participants in the 2015 National Health and Aging Trends Study with the Social Deprivation Index (SDI), which yields a census-tract-level score of socioeconomic disadvantage, to assess associations between home and neighborhood context and falls in the previous year. Household financial strain was associated with a 31% increased risk of falling, and indoor trip hazards with a 14% increased risk, after adjusting for individual factors and neighborhood SDI (all p <0.05). Findings reflect the interplay between home and neighborhood context and fall-risk, and can inform community-based fall-prevention interventions.
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- Title
- Home and Neighborhood Context and Fall Risk Among Older Americans
- Creators
- Safiyyah Okoye - Johns Hopkins UniversityJohn Mulcahy - Johns Hopkins UniversityChanee Fabius - Johns Hopkins UniversityJennifer Wolff - Johns Hopkins University
- Publication Details
- Innovation in aging, v 4(Suppl 1), pp 711-711
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Doctoral Nursing
- Other Identifier
- 991021867026004721