Social support and older adult falls

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• Alternative Title:
  Inj Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Durbin, Laura ; Kharrazi, Rebekah J. ; Graber, Rebecca ; Mielenz, Thelma J.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Social support has been shown to be associated with various positive health outcomes among older adults but has not been previously examined in relation to falls, which are a serious health concern among older adults.
  
  Findings
  
  This study (n = 1000) uses multivariable logistic regression to evaluate the relationship between social contact and perceived availability of social support and falls among older adults. When adjusting for demographic and other covariates neither relationship was significant.
  
  Conclusions
  
  This study does not find evidence to suggest that social support could be a prevention measure for falls. Future research on this topic should focus on careful definition and precise measurement of the social support construct.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Aging Risk Factors Short Report Social Support
• Source:
  Inj Epidemiol. 3.
• Pubmed ID:
  26900545
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4744831
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R49 CE002096/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1ede02036d309006367bc5a28aa52899a184cd772a96a12e3dfd74d51c37a78c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43598/cdc_43598_DS1.pdf
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