Risk factors for incident falls in Singaporean community-dwelling adult men and women: a prospective cohort study.
Wan Fen YipLixia GeBee Hoon HengWoan Shin TanPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
Older age, presence of pre-frailty and having depression or feeling depressed/anxious were associated with higher odds of incident falls. In our subgroup analyses, older age was a risk factor for incident falls in men and being pre-frail was a risk factor for incident falls in women. These findings provide useful information for community health services in designing falls prevention programmes for community-dwelling adults in a multi-ethnic Asian population.
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