Factors associated with external causes in elderly attended by the mobile emergency care service.
Rev Gaucha Enferm
; 45: e20230005, 2024.
Article
en En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38451621
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To analyze the prevalence and factors associated with external causes in elderly people attended by the mobile emergency care service.METHOD:
Cross-sectional study with 1,972 pre-hospital care records of elderly victims of external causes from 2019 to 2020. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was performed, with a significance level of 5% (p<0.05).RESULTS:
The prevalence of external causes in elderly people attended by the mobile emergency service was 12.2%. Falling was the most frequent occurrence. The associations of the occurrence of falls with age from 90 years old (OR=29.31; p<0.001) and female gender (OR=5.38; p<0.001) stood out, as well as the suspicion of ingestion of alcoholic beverages with occurrence of violence (OR=4.17; p<0.001) and traffic accidents (OR=1.97; p<0.001).CONCLUSION:
The study showed factors associated with injuries due to external causes in theelderly and may support the formulation of coping strategies for this problem.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Servicios Médicos de Urgencia
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Revista:
Rev Gaucha Enferm
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Pais de publicación:
Brasil