{"id":12649,"date":"2023-01-03T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T12:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=12649"},"modified":"2023-01-03T12:22:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T12:22:58","slug":"prevalence-and-risk-factors-for-falls-among-older-adults-in-a-primary-care-facility-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/?p=12649","title":{"rendered":"Prevalence and risk factors for Falls among older adults in a primary care facility in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Madison Adanusa1, Seth Kofi Pobee<sup>2<\/sup>, Ebenezer Zaabaar<sup>3<\/sup>, Vukey Mawuko<sup>4,<\/sup> Kofi Asiedu<sup>5<\/sup>, Solomon Kweku Amuzu<sup>2<\/sup>, Wendy Adubofour<sup>2<\/sup>, Celestine Bazayeya<sup>2<\/sup>, Ethel Enam Yawo Senaya<sup>2<\/sup>, Desiree Citsofe Ofori<sup>2<\/sup>, Samuel Kyei<sup>3<\/sup>*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br><strong>Background<\/strong><br>Falls are a serious problem and are among the leading causes of morbidity, functional dependency, and death in older adults. Falls have become a social and global public health concern due to the current aging population in Africa and across the globe. However, their prevalence and risk factors have received little attention in Africa.<br><strong>Purpose<\/strong><br>Thus, this study aimed to provide a baseline survey to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors for falls among older adults attending a primary care facility in Cape Coast, Ghana.<br><strong>Results<\/strong><br>Participants (n = 244) were patients aged 60 years and older who visited the University of Cape Coast Hospital. The prevalence of falls identified in this hospital-based study was 40.2%. The following independent variables were found to be statistically significant predictors of risk of falls among the participants when compared with their respective reference categories; age 80 years and above [OR = 3.707, 95% CI = 1.738 \u2013 7.907, p = 0.001], participants who had a history of falls [OR = 2.234, 95% CI = 1.326 \u2013 3.765, p = 0.003], participants with three or more co-morbidities [OR = 16.456, 95% CI = 2.099 \u2013 129.020, p = 0.008] and obesity [OR = 2.211, 95% CI = 1.151 \u2013 4.250, p = 0.017].<br><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><br>The prevalence of falls among older adults is high. Thus, clinicians in the primary care setting should screen for, give fall prevention education, and prescribe appropriate interventions to at-risk patients<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sam-kyei.pdf\">Download PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madison Adanusa1, Seth Kofi Pobee2, Ebenezer Zaabaar3, Vukey Mawuko4, Kofi Asiedu5, Solomon Kweku Amuzu2, Wendy Adubofour2, Celestine Bazayeya2, Ethel Enam Yawo Senaya2, Desiree Citsofe Ofori2, Samuel Kyei3* AbstractBackgroundFalls are a serious problem and are among the leading causes of morbidity, functional dependency, and death in older adults. Falls have become a social and global public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[122],"tags":[66],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12663,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12649\/revisions\/12663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmj.mw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}