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KMID : 0191120180330360221
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
2018 Volume.33 No. 36 p.221 ~ p.221
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Severe Injuries from Low-height Falls in the Elderly Population
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Lee Hye-Ji
Kim Sun-Hyu
Lee Sang-Cheal
Kim Sun-Pyo
Cho Gyu-Chong
Kim Min-Joung
Lee Ji-Sook
Han Chul
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Abstract
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Background: Falls from low-height can cause severe injuries in the elderly population. This study was conducted to determine characteristics of injuries from low-height falls.
Methods: We retrospectively review surveillance data on injured patients who presented to six emergency departments from January 2011 to December 2015. Study subjects were divided into severe group and non-severe group based on severity of injury. The general and clinical characteristics were compared between the two groups and analyzed factors related with severe injuries.
Results: Of 1,190 elderly patients, severe group comprised 82 patients (7%). The severe group was 2 years younger than the non-severe group. In the severe group, 61% was men and 34% in the non-severe group. In the non-severe, the injuries more commonly occurred at residential facilities and indoors than those in the severe group. Paid work during injury occurrence was 15%, and the more patients presented with non-alert consciousness in the severe group. The most common regions of major injury were head and neck in the severe group.
Conclusion: Paid work, non-alert consciousness, and major injury to head and neck are relating factors to severe injuries in the elderly population.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Falls, Injury, Relating Factors
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