Epidemiological Assessment of Hospitalizations Due to Falls among the Elderly in the Mesoregion of the Northwest of the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Larissa de Menezes Jiquiriçá, Ana Paula Silva Alves, Rebeca Agnes de Oliveira e Almança, Karina de Souza Binicá, Nathalia Abreu Ferreira, Aloisio Tinoco de Siqueira Filho, Wagner Mangiavacchi, Fabiana Pereira Costa Ramos, Renato Mataveli Ferreira Filho, Paulo Roberto Blanco Moreira Norberg & Antonio Neres Norberg · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2024
Background and Aim: Falls are one of the leading causes of disability and mortality among the elderly. Risk factors for falls are multifactorial, and classified into intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The aim of this research is to investigate, using already available general publ...