The prognosis of falls in elderly people living at home

摘要

Background: there are few longitudinal studies of the prognosis of falling at home. Objective: to determine outcomes in older people who fall once and more than once. Design: longitudinal prospective cohort study. Setting: primary care in the UK. Subjects: 1815 subjects over 75 who had a standardized and validated health check. Method: annual interviews over 4 years. Practice records were used to establish death and admission to Institutions.