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Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral

versión impresa ISSN 0864-2125versión On-line ISSN 1561-3038

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SALAS MAINEGRA, Arlene; SOLORZANO GOMEZ, María; REYES CARRILLO, Esther  y  GONZALEZ LIMONTA, Maribel. Behavior of falls risk at home of the elderly persons. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2011, vol.27, n.1, pp.63-73. ISSN 0864-2125.

Introduction: a descriptive study was conducted in the elderly person population seen in the # 4 Family Physician Consulting Room of the "Ramón González Coro" polyclinic from the Marianao municipality during 2008. Objective: an analysis of the falls risk behavior of elderly persons at home was made. Methods: a descriptive research study was conducted using the qualitative and quantitative model and in its implementation theoretical, empirical methods as well as statistic procedures were used. Results: there was predominance of female sex, the higher percentage of elderly persons had some degree of dependence and also had a middle risk of suffering a fall at home.

Palabras clave : Elderly person; risk; falls; Katz index; risk assessment.

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