title: [Circumstances associated to falls resulting in hip fracture in community-dwelling subjects older than 94 years old].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the circumstances associated with falls resulting in hip fracture in the 95 years of age or older community-dwelling patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective, observational study, was conducted in 6 hospitals in the Barcelona area on the characteristics associated with falls resulting in hip fracture in 30 patients aged > 94 years old. Location, time and the risk factor for the fall (classified as intrinsic, extrinsic or combined) were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean number of falls in the previous year was 1.6, 5 (16.7%) of the patients reporting having fallen two or more times. Falls usually occurred while at home, a high percentage (46.7%) of which occurred during the night. When the differences were evaluated by sex, there was a high percentage of uncorrected auditory loss in men and high number of chronic drugs and psychotropic drugs in women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most falls causing hip fracture in community-dwelling very elderly subjects occur at home. Nearly half of the falls occur during the night.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Geriatría, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. fformiga@csub.scs.es
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formiga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Soto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duaso
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chivite
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pérez-Castejón
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies