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Epidemiology of and risk factors for falls among the community-dwelling elderly people in selected districts of Umutara Province, Republic of Rwanda.
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Falls among elderly people have been identified as a significant and serious medical problem confronting a growing number of older people. Falls have been found to be a leading cause of disability, distress, admission to supervised care and death among older persons that pose a serious problem to public health. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for falls in the community-dwelling elderly persons in the Umutara province of Rwanda.
Authors :
Ntagungira, Egide Kayonga
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Publisher :  -     Type :  Theses and Dissertations     Format :  Pdf    
Date Detail :
2005
Subject :
Falls (Accidents) in old age. Rwanda, Falls (Accidents) in old age, Risk factors. Rwanda, Older people, Wounds and injuries. Rwanda.
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Languages :  English    
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