Imperial College London
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Dr David Laith Rawaf

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

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@article{Haagsma:2020:10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043347,
author = {Haagsma, JA and Olij, BF and Majdan, M and van, Beeck EF and Vos, T and Castle, CD and Dingels, ZV and Fox, JT and Hamilton, EB and Liu, Z and Roberts, NLS and Sylte, DO and Aremu, O and Bärnighausen, TW and Borzì, AM and Briggs, AM and Carrero, JJ and Cooper, C and El-Khatib, Z and Ellingsen, CL and Fereshtehnejad, S-M and Filip, I and Fischer, F and Haro, JM and Jonas, JB and Kiadaliri, AA and Koyanagi, A and Lunevicius, R and Meretoja, TJ and Mohammed, S and Pathak, A and Radfar, A and Rawaf, S and Rawaf, DL and Riera, LS and Shiue, I and Vasankari, TJ and James, SL and Polinder, S},
doi = {10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043347},
journal = {Injury Prevention},
pages = {i67--i74},
title = {Falls in older aged adults in 22 European countries: incidence, mortality and burden of disease from 1990 to 2017},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043347},
volume = {26},
year = {2020}
}
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AB  - Introduction Falls in older aged adults are an important public health problem. Insight into differences in fall-related injury rates between countries can serve as important input for identifying and evaluating prevention strategies. The objectives of this study were to compare Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 estimates on incidence, mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to fall-related injury in older adults across 22 countries in the Western European region and to examine changes over a 28-year period.Methods We performed a secondary database descriptive study using the GBD 2017 results on age-standardised fall-related injury in older adults aged 70 years and older in 22 countries from 1990 to 2017.Results In 2017, in the Western European region, 13 840 per 100 000 (uncertainty interval (UI) 11 837–16 113) older adults sought medical treatment for fall-related injury, ranging from 7594 per 100 000 (UI 6326–9032) in Greece to 19 796 per 100 000 (UI 15 536–24 233) in Norway. Since 1990, fall-related injury DALY rates showed little change for the whole region, but patterns varied widely between countries. Some countries (eg, Belgium and Netherlands) have lost their favourable positions due to an increasing fall-related injury burden of disease since 1990.Conclusions From 1990 to 2017, there was considerable variation in fall-related injury incidence, mortality, DALY rates and its composites in the 22 countries in the Western European region. It may be useful to assess which fall prevention measures have been taken in countries that showed continuous low or decreasing incidence, death and DALY rates despite ageing of the population.
AU  - Haagsma,JA
AU  - Olij,BF
AU  - Majdan,M
AU  - van,Beeck EF
AU  - Vos,T
AU  - Castle,CD
AU  - Dingels,ZV
AU  - Fox,JT
AU  - Hamilton,EB
AU  - Liu,Z
AU  - Roberts,NLS
AU  - Sylte,DO
AU  - Aremu,O
AU  - Bärnighausen,TW
AU  - Borzì,AM
AU  - Briggs,AM
AU  - Carrero,JJ
AU  - Cooper,C
AU  - El-Khatib,Z
AU  - Ellingsen,CL
AU  - Fereshtehnejad,S-M
AU  - Filip,I
AU  - Fischer,F
AU  - Haro,JM
AU  - Jonas,JB
AU  - Kiadaliri,AA
AU  - Koyanagi,A
AU  - Lunevicius,R
AU  - Meretoja,TJ
AU  - Mohammed,S
AU  - Pathak,A
AU  - Radfar,A
AU  - Rawaf,S
AU  - Rawaf,DL
AU  - Riera,LS
AU  - Shiue,I
AU  - Vasankari,TJ
AU  - James,SL
AU  - Polinder,S
DO  - 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043347
EP  - 74
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1353-8047
SP  - 67
TI  - Falls in older aged adults in 22 European countries: incidence, mortality and burden of disease from 1990 to 2017
T2  - Injury Prevention
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043347
UR  - https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2020/02/28/injuryprev-2019-043347
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/77066
VL  - 26
ER  -
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