Community-dwelling elderly fallers in Japan are older, more disabled, and more depressed than nonfallers

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Aug;56(8):1570-1. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01762.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls / prevention & control
  • Accidental Falls / statistics & numerical data*
  • Activities of Daily Living* / classification
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Depressive Disorder / epidemiology*
  • Disability Evaluation*
  • Female
  • Frail Elderly / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Risk Factors
  • United Kingdom