1. The Association Between Discrimination and Falling. A National Sample of Older Adults.
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Reyes-Ortiz, Carlos A., Campo-Arias, Adalberto, Ocampo-Chaparro, Jose Mauricio, Moncayo-Hernández, Brigitte A., Lee, Torhonda, and Luque, John S.
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RACISM ,SEXUAL orientation ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) ,CROSS-sectional method ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,AGE distribution ,HEALTH status indicators ,RISK assessment ,SURVEYS ,EXPERIENCE ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,SEX distribution ,ACCIDENTAL falls ,INDEPENDENT living ,SOCIAL classes ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,ODDS ratio ,RELIGION ,OLD age - Abstract
Objective: To assess the relationship between discrimination and falling among older people. Methods: A cross-sectional nationwide population-based face-to-face survey, 2015. The SABE (Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento) Colombia Study, 19,004 community-dwelling adults aged ≥60 years. Recurrent falling was defined as ≥2 falls during the prior year. Main independent variable was discrimination. Results: Multivariate logistic regression models showed that recurrent falling was significantly associated with a number of reasons for experiences of everyday discrimination (due to racial, socioeconomic status, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability) (OR = 1.27, 95% CI 1.21–1.33), childhood discrimination score (never = 0 to many times = 3) (OR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.13–1.33), and number of situations for discrimination during the last 5 years due to skin color (group activities, public places, inside the family, or health centers) (OR = 1.12, 95% CI 1.08–1.17). Discussion: Discrimination experiences were associated with higher odds of recurrent falling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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