| Titre : | Older Persons'Perception of Risk of Falling : Implications for Fall-Prevention Campaigns. (2008) |
| Auteurs : | Karen HUGHES ; Jan BACKHOUSE ; Lisa-M BARNETT ; John-R BEARD ; Elizabeth-G EAKIN ; Darren HAUSER ; Sue JONES ; Beth NEWMAN ; Elizabeth PATTERSON ; Eric VAN BEURDEN ; Central Area Population Health Services-Wide Bay. Hervey Bay. AUS ; Health Promotion Unit. North Coast Area Health Service. Lismore. AUS ; School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. Queensland University of Technology. Kelvin Grove. AUS |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 98, n° 2, 2008) |
| Pagination : | 351-357 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Personne âgée ; Facteur risque ; Risque ; Chute ; Prévention santé ; Homme |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xqF9GI. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We examined older people's attitudes about falls and implications for the design of fall-prevention awareness campaigns. Methods. We assessed data from (1) computer-assisted telephone surveys conducted in 2002 with Australians 60 years and older in Northern Rivers, New South Wales (site of a previous fall-prevention program ; n=1601), and Wide Bay, Queensland (comparison community ; n=1601), and (2) 8 focus groups (n=73). Results. Participants from the previous intervention site were less likely than were comparison participants to agree that falls are not preventable (odds ratio [OR]=0.76 ; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.65,0.90) and more likely to rate the prevention of falls a high priority (OR=1.31 ; 95% CI=1.09,1.57). There was no difference between the groups for self-perceived risk of falls ; more than 60% rated their risk as low. Those with a low perceived risk were more likely to be men, younger, partnered, and privately insured, and to report better health and no history of falls. Focus group data indicated that older people preferred messages that emphasized health and independence rather than falls. Conclusions. Although older people accepted traditional fall-prevention messages, most viewed them as not personally relevant. Messages that promote health and independence may be more effective. |
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