Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing 2010;12(3):211-224.
지역사회 거주노인의 낙상 발생현황 및 관련요인-고령화연구패널(KLoSA) 자료를 이용하여
홍세훈1, 조은희2, 최미영3
Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify incidence, characteristics and risk factors for falls among
community-dwelling older adults. Methods This study was a secondary analysis using data from the Korean
Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA). KLoSa is a national panel data set that is publicly available. Data collected
from 3,511 community-dwelling older adults in 2006 and 2008 were analyzed using Chi-square, t-test, and multiple
logistic regression. Results The incidence of falls among community-dwelling older adults in Korea was 6.3%.
There were significant differences, between elders who had fallen at least once, and elders who had no falls, in
gender, living arrangements, region, health status, depression, experience of falling, fear of falling, number of
diseases, number of medications, diabetes, and arthritis. Significant risk factors for falls among communitydwelling
older adults were gender (female), living arrangements (living alone), experience of falling (yes), and
number of medications (increase). Conclusion The results indicate a need to assess risk factors to identify older
adults with high risk for falling and to develop interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults.