İstanbul Bahçelievler İlçesinde Yaşayan Yaşlıların Düşme Prevalansı ve Düşme Risklerinin Belirlenmesi

Objective: Falling is a major problem that is common and brings with it many problems in the old ages. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of falls and the risks of falls in elders living in the district of Bahçelievler, Istanbul. Material and Methods: The study was conducted with 954 elders who accepted the interview at home. A 21-item personal information form structured in the study was used as the data collection tool and the Itaki Fall Risk Scale. Questions on age, gender, weight-height, marital status, occupation, income status, education level were included in the personal information form. Minor risk factors were scored as 1 point and major risk factors were scored as 5 points on the scale. If 0-4 points as total score is at low risk, 5 points and above are considered at high risk. The evaluation of the data was done with SPSS 22.0 for Windows. Results: The mean age of the elders was 74.90±7.99 years, 64.8% (n=618) of them were female and 35.2% (n=336) of them were male. 58.8% (n=561) of the elders reported falling at least once. 63.6% of the women and 50% of the men had at least one falling, and there was a statistically significant difference when compared with falling prevalence ac- cording to genders (p< 0.001). In all chronic diseases except diabetes and paralysis, the frequency of falling was found to be higher than those without disease (p