Multiple Risk Factors Affecting the Falls of Elderly People
Ryoichi Nagatomi · Sport Science and Technology · 2012
The fall has also become a serious threat to the health and quality of life of the elderly people.The factors concerning with falls are complex.In many risk factors of fall,the physical and mental factors are major inducements.This paper makes induction and logical analysis on the mental and physical factors including decreased physical function and depression of elderly people falls at home and abroad.The result shows that the falls of elderly people result from multiple risk factors.Relative to the physical factors research,the research about mental factors is less.The main purpose is to provide the reference for the research of this field,and effectively prevent and reduce the occurrence of falls in elderly people.