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This study aimed to provide evidence for the development of an algo-rithm to identify older adults with a high risk for repeated falls, along with strategies to prevent repeated falls, by analyzing the known physi-cal, psychological, and environmental factors related to falls in older adults. One hundred fifty-seven community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years or older who experienced a fall within the past year were en-rolled in this study. Participants’ physical, psychological, environmental, and fall prevention-related characteristics were surveyed using struc-tured questionnaires to identify the risk factors for repeated falls. The use of antidepressants, depression score, and compliance with fall pre-vention behaviors were found to differ significantly between the two groups, and the use of antidepressants and depression were found to be significant predictors of repeated falls. Depression should be con-sidered as a major variable when developing an algorithm to identify the risk of repeated falls among older adults living at home. Also, the practice of fall prevention behaviors was higher in the repeated-falls group, likely due to that group’s efforts to prevent additional falls.

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Abstract
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Research design
Participants
Method
Measurement of physical activity
Measurement of fear of falling
Measurement of depression
Measurement of home environment safety
Measurement of knowledge of falls
Data analysis
RESULTS
Comparison of the demographic characteristics of the single-fall group and repeated-falls group
Comparison of the physical characteristics of both groups
Comparison of the psychological characteristics of both groups
Comparison of the environmental characteristics of both groups
Comparison of the fall prevention-related characteristics of both groups
Actors affecting falls in both groups
DISCUSSION
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES

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저자

• Jae Soon Yoo [ Department of Nursing, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea ]
• Chul Gyu Kim [ Department of Nursing, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea ]
• Chul Gyu Kim [ Department of Physical Therapy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea ]
• Mi Yang Jeon [ College of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  JER [Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation]

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  격월간

• pISSN

  2288-176X

• eISSN

  2288-1778

• 수록기간

  2013~2026

• 등재여부

  SCOPUS,KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613