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Investigating the f...
Investigating the fall-injury reducing effect of impact absorbing flooring among female nursing home residents : initial results
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- Gustavsson, Johanna, 1972- (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Institutionen för miljö- och livsvetenskaper (from 2013),Centrum för personsäkerhet
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- Bonander, Carl (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Centrum för personsäkerhet (from 2013-2020)
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- Andersson, Ragnar, 1947- (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Centrum för personsäkerhet (from 2013-2020)
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- Nilson, Finn, 1980- (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Centrum för personsäkerhet (from 2013-2020),Centrum för personsäkerhet, Centre for Public Safety
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- 2015-04-01
- 2015
- English.
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In: Injury Prevention. - : BMJ. - 1353-8047 .- 1475-5785. ; 21:5, s. 320-32-
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- BACKGROUND:Fall-related injuries affect the lives of elderly to a substantial degree. This quasi-experimental study investigates the fall-injury reducing effect of impact absorbing flooring among female nursing home residents.METHODS:The intervention site is a nursing home in Sweden where impact absorbing flooring was installed in parts of one of six wards (six out of 10 apartments (excluding bathrooms), the communal dining-room and parts of the corridor). The impact absorbing flooring is a 12 mm thick closed cell flexible polyurethane/polyurea composite tile (500×500 mm) with an exterior surface of polyurethane/polyurea. A generalised linear model (log-binomial) was used to calculate the RR of injury from falls on impact absorbing flooring compared to falls on regular flooring, adjusted for age, body mass index, visual and cognitive impairments.RESULTS:During the study period (1 October 2011 to 31 March 2014), 254 falls occurred on regular flooring and 77 falls on impact absorbing flooring. The injury/fall rate was 30.3% for falls on regular flooring and 16.9% for falls on impact absorbing flooring. Adjusted for covariates, the impact absorbing flooring significantly reduced the RR of injury in the event of a fall by 59% (RR 0.41 (95% Cl 0.20 to 0.80)).CONCLUSIONS:This is, to our knowledge, the first study evaluating the injury-reducing effect of impact absorbing flooring in a nursing home showing statistically significant effect. The results from this study are promising, indicating the considerable potential of impact absorbing flooring as a fall-related injury intervention among frail elderly.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
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- Risk and Environmental Studies
- Risk- och Miljöstudier
- Public Health Science
- Folkhälsovetenskap
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- art (subject category)
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