Author:

• Juleimar Soares Coelho Amorim - Amorim, JSC - <juleimar@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3218-1769

Co-author(s):

• Mary Anne Nascimento Souza - Souza, MAN - <maryannemoc@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-6554
• Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini - Mambrini, J. V. M. - <juliana.mambrini@minas.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0420-3062
• Maria Fernanda Furtado Lima-Costa - Lima-Costa, MFF - <lima-costa@minas.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1077-1381
• Sérgio Viana Peixoto - Peixoto, S.V. - <sergio@cpqrr.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9431-2280

Abstract:

The aim was to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with the severe fall in the elderly. Transversal study, including 10,537 older adultsthe National Health Survey (2013). The dependent variable was severe fall report in the last year. The independent variables comprised, hierarchically, socio-demographic factors, behaviors, health condition and functional capacity. Logistic regression was used to obtain odds ratio (OR) and their confidence interval (95%CI), using the Stata program 13.1. The prevalence of severe fall was 7.5% (95%CI: 6.7-8.3) and the greatest chances were among women (OR: 1.35; 95%CI: 1.03-1.77), 70 to 79 years (OR: 1.47; 95%CI: 1.12-1.95) and 80 years and more (OR: 2.00; 95%CI: 1.46-2.74), living without spouse (OR: 1.37; 95%CI: 1.08-1.74), sedentary in leisure time (OR: 1.55; 95%CI: 1.06-2.26), with multimorbidades (OR: 1.54; 95%CI: 1.19-2.00), difficulties in sleeping (OR: 2.18; 95%CI: 1.65-2.88), limitations in activities of daily life (OR: 2.25; 95%CI 1.63 -3.10) and use of device for gait (OR: 1.89; 95%CI: 1.30-2.73). The prevalence of severe fall was high and multifactorial, allowed the identification of profiles of greater vulnerability, which should be considered in public policies for specific interventions.

Keywords:

Accidental Falls. Aged. Health Surveys.

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