BALANCE IN THE ELDERLY AND ITS DETERMINANTS

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SAFARPOUR MEHDI; HOSSEINI SEYED REZA; ZERAATI HOJJAT; BIJANI ALI; FOTOUHI AKBAR

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Journal: Tehran University Medical Journal Year:2018 | Volume:76 | Issue:5 Page(s): 346-353

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BALANCE IN THE ELDERLY AND ITS DETERMINANTS

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BALANCEQ2

ELDERLYQ2

FALLQ1

RISK FACTORSQ3

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Background: With aging, muscles strength decrease. BALANCE disorder is one of thecommon aging problems which can cause FALLs and serious injuries. The purpose of thisstudy was to present a model along with the determinants of BALANCE status in the ELDERLY. Methods: This cross-sectional study is part of a cohort study, "investigation of thehealth status of ELDERLY in Amirkola City", which was performed on 1616 old peopleaged≥ 60 years, (response rate 72 %). The baseline data of this study were collected inthe Center for Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Centre of the BabolUniversity of Medical Sciences during March 2011 to July 2012. We considered theage, sex, physical activity, quadriceps muscle strength, daily activity, serum level ofvitamin D, BMI, number of comorbidities and orthostatic hypotension as independentvariables. Using the results of Berg BALANCE test, the BALANCE status of participants (asdependent variable) was categorized into two groups: score between 41-56 as normal(low risk of FALL) and score < 41 as BALANCE disorder (medium or high risk of FALL). Then, the association of independent variables with BALANCE status were evaluated in thelogistic regression model. Results: The mean and standard deviation of participants' age was 69. 37± 7. 6 years, 54. 7% of them were men and 7. 5% of them had BALANCE disorder. The odds ratio ofmedium or high FALLs in women to men, the number of comorbidities, having strongquadriceps to weak muscles, seniors aged 80 years and over, to 60-69, seniors with highphysical activity to low physical activity, daily activities were (OR=2. 1, 95%CI: 1. 0-4. 1), (OR=1. 7, 95%CI: 1. 0-2. 9), (OR=0. 05, 95%CI: 0. 0-0. 4), (OR=5. 0, 95%CI: 2. 3-10. 6), (OR=0. 3, 95%CI: 0. 1-0. 6), (OR=14. 4, 95%CI: 3. 4-60. 4), respectively and statisticallysignificant. The odds ratio of FALL for vitamin D, orthostatic blood pressure and BMIvariables did not show any statistically significant differences. The results of theanalysis showed that the BALANCE in all age groups in men was better than women. Conclusion: Weak quadriceps, aging, being a woman and having comorbidities are themost important RISK FACTORS of BALANCE disorder in the ELDERLY.

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SAFARPOUR, MEHDI, HOSSEINI, SEYED REZA, ZERAATI, HOJJAT, BIJANI, ALI, & FOTOUHI, AKBAR. (2018). BALANCE IN THE ELDERLY AND ITS DETERMINANTS. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), 76(5 ), 346-353. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/38217/en

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SAFARPOUR MEHDI, HOSSEINI SEYED REZA, ZERAATI HOJJAT, BIJANI ALI, FOTOUHI AKBAR. BALANCE IN THE ELDERLY AND ITS DETERMINANTS. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ)[Internet]. 2018;76(5 ):346-353. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/38217/en

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MEHDI SAFARPOUR, SEYED REZA HOSSEINI, HOJJAT ZERAATI, ALI BIJANI, and AKBAR FOTOUHI, “BALANCE IN THE ELDERLY AND ITS DETERMINANTS,” TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), vol. 76, no. 5 , pp. 346–353, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/38217/en

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