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YAŞLILARIN EV KAZASI GEÇİRME DURUMLARININ VE DÜŞME DAVRANIŞLARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

EVALUATION OF HOME ACCIDENTS AND FALL BEHAVIORS OF ELDERLY

Sibel ERKAL
Hande ŞAHİN
Pages
195–201
Publication Date
2022-11-04
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The falls behavior of the elderly indicated significant differences interms of the type and place of accidents (p

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate home accidents sustained by the elderlyin previous year by using the questionnaire develop by the researcher and also evaluate the fallbehavior of the elderly using the "falls behavioral scale" included 175 elderly residents in the Ovacık district of Kırıkkale province, Turkey.
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Key Findings & Data:Results: More than half of the elderly (59.4%) sustained home accidents in the previous year, and elderly who sustained fall accidents (70.2%) and those who sustained accidents in thekitchen (31.7%) ranked in first place.
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Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate home accidents sustained by the elderlyin previous year by using the questionnaire develop by the researcher and also evaluate the fallbehavior of the elderly using the "falls behavioral scale" included 175 elderly residents in the Ovacık district of Kırıkkale province, Turkey. Materials and Method: The "Falls Behavioral Scale for the Elderly" was employed as thedata collection tool. Data were analyzed using standard deviation, arithmetic mean, and the student's t-test to compare the two groups and analysis of variance to compare multiple groups. Results: More than half of the elderly (59.4%) sustained home accidents in the previous year, and elderly who sustained fall accidents (70.2%) and those who sustained accidents in thekitchen (31.7%) ranked in first place. The mean score of the elderly' fall behavior was 2.85 points on a four-point scale. The falls behavior of the elderly indicated significant differences interms of the type and place of accidents (p

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Giriş: Yaşlıların son bir yıl içerisinde ev kazası geçirme durumlarını belirlenmesi ve düşme davranışlarının düşme davranışları ölçeğine göre değerlendirilmesini amaçlayan bu çalışmaya Kırıkkale ili, Ovacık mahallesinde ikamet eden 175 yaşlı katılmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak "Yaşlılar İçin Düşme Davranışları Ölçeği" kullanılmıştır. Verilerin çözümlenmesinde standart sapma, aritmetik ortalama, ikili gruplar için t testi, ikiden daha fazla grup için ise varyans analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Yaşlıların yarıdan fazlasının (%59.4) son bir yıl içinde ev kazası geçirdiği, düşme kazası geçirenlerin (70.2) ve mutfakta kaza geçirenlerin (%31.7) ilk sırada yer aldığı belirlenmiştir. Yaşlıların düşme davranışlarının ortalaması 4'lü ölçekte 2,85 olarak belirlenmiştir. Yaşlıların düşme davranışlarının kaza tipi ve kaza alanı değişkenlerine göre anlamlı bir farklılık göstermiştir (p

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ERKAL, S., ŞAHİN, H. (2022). YAŞLILARIN EV KAZASI GEÇİRME DURUMLARININ VE DÜŞME DAVRANIŞLARININ DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 19 - Sayı: 3, 195–201. https://ajindex.com/articles/623781

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