Association between chronic diseases and falls among a sample of older people in Finland.
Milla ImmonenMarianne HaapeaHeidi SimiläHeidi EnwaldNiina KeränenMaarit KangasTimo JämsäRaija KorpelainenPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2020)
The results implicate that the number of chronic diseases is related with risk of recurrent falling. Furthermore, the results implicate the potential of identifying certain combinations of chronic diseases that increase fall risk by analyzing health record data, although further studies are needed with a larger population sample.