Ann Geriatr Med Res.
2017 Dec;21(4):174-181. 10.4235/agmr.2017.21.4.174.
Discrepancy Between Quarterly Recall and Annual Recall of Falls: A Survey of Older Adults
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- 1Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. chunwon62@naver.com
- 2Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2401132
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4235/agmr.2017.21.4.174
Abstract
- BACKGROUND
Accurate measurement of the frequency of falls is challenging because falls can only be self-reported. We hypothesized that quarterly surveys over a year would be superior to a 1-time annual survey for older adults to recall the number of falls they experienced more accurately.
METHODS
We recruited 317 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and older at a senior welfare center in Seoul, Korea. Older adults without cognitive deficit were included for follow-up. All eligible participants were surveyed via telephone every 3 months over 1-year period by trained investigators and asked to recall their total number of falls over the last 1 year at the end of the study.
RESULTS
Two hundred forty-seven participants completed all follow-ups, and 58 of them reported at least 1 fall per year. Twenty-nine participants recalled the same number of falls in 4 quarterly surveys and 1-year survey and the other 29 participants recalled differently. Participants who fell more than once (16, 55.2%) had a higher recall discrepancy than those who fell only once (11, 37.9%) according to the sum of quarterly surveys. Among 58 fallers, 56 reported falling in quarterly surveys, and 47 reported falling in the 1-year survey, indicating an approximately 19% reduction in the rate of recallin the 1-year survey.
CONCLUSION
Repeated surveys with a shorter recall period of 3 months or less may yield a more accurate measurement of falls than a survey with a recall period of 1 year.
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