Chronic diseases and sleep duration in association with falls of different severity among the Chinese elderly

LIN Jin-long; WEI Yue; CHEN Gong; PEI Li-jun

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.01.006

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LIN Jin-long, WEI Yue, CHEN Gong, PEI Li-jun. Chronic diseases and sleep duration in association with falls of different severity among the Chinese elderly[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(1): 25-31. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.01.006

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LIN Jin-long, WEI Yue, CHEN Gong, PEI Li-jun. Chronic diseases and sleep duration in association with falls of different severity among the Chinese elderly[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(1): 25-31. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.01.006

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Chronic diseases and sleep duration in association with falls of different severity among the Chinese elderly

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.01.006

Institute of Population Research, China Center on Population Health and Development, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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National Natural Science Fund 41871360

National Key Research and Development Project 2018YFC2000603

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Corresponding author: PEI Li-jun, E-mail: peilj@pku.Edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-06-16
Rev Recd Date: 2020-10-19
Publish Date: 2021-01-10

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Objective To explore the relationship between chronic diseases, sleeping time and the risk of falls of different severity in the elderly, so as to provide effective prevention of falls scientifically. Methods Based on the data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2015, a case-control study was conducted to analyze the relationship between multiple exposure factors and the risk of falls in different severity in the elderly. Results The report rate of common falls and serious falls medical in 11 912 elderly Chinese within two years were 7.82% and 17.09%, respectively; logistic regression results show that, hearing impairment, body pain, depression, kidney disease, arthritis and disability were the same risk factors of common falls and serious falls in the elderly(all P < 0.05). Hyperglycemia was associated with the risk of common falls (OR=1.43, 95% CI: 1.13-1.81, P=0.002) and stroke (OR=1.34, 95% CI: 1.03-1.75, P=0.031) was associated with the risk of serious falls; sleep duration of 5- hours and ≥ 7 hours were negatively associated with the risk of two types of falls (all P < 0.05). Conclusions The common falls and serious falls have multiple same risk factors in the elderly, and adequate sleep is the common protective factor for both. It is suggested that fall prevention education should be carried out for the elderly and risk factors should be effectively intervened.
- Elderly,
- Fall,
- Severity,
- Risk factors

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