title: Factors associated with falls in community-dwelling older people with focus on participation in sport organizations: the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Project.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Promoting participation in sport organizations may be a population strategy for preventing falls in older people. In this study, we examined whether participation in sport organizations is associated with fewer falls in older people even after adjusting for multiple individual and environmental factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study data of 90,610 people (31 municipalities) who were not eligible for public long-term care. Logistic regression analysis was performed, with multiple falls over the past year as the dependent variable and participation in a sport organization as the independent variable, controlling for 13 factors. These included individual factors related to falls, such as age and sex, and environmental factors such as population density of the habitable area.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 6,391 subjects (7.1%) had a history of multiple falls. Despite controlling for 13 variables, those who participated in a sport organization at least once a week were approximately ≥ 20% less likely to fall than those who did not participate at all (once a week; odds ratio = 0.82 and 95% confidence interval = 0.72-0.95).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participation in a sport organization at least once per week might help prevent falls in the community-dwelling older people.
authors: Center for Well-Being and Society, Nihon Fukushi University, 5-22-35 Chiyoda, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-0003, Japan ; Department of Physical Therapy, Tokai College of Medical Science, 2-7-2 Meiekiminami, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-0003, Japan.
authors: Takahiro
authors: T
authors: Hayashi
authors: Center for Well-Being and Society, Nihon Fukushi University, 5-22-35 Chiyoda, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-0003, Japan.
authors: Katsunori
authors: K
authors: Kondo
authors: Department of Policy Studies, Aichi Gakuin University, 12 Araike, Iwasaki-cho, Nisshin, Aichi 470-0131, Japan.
authors: Kayo
authors: K
authors: Suzuki
authors: Department of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 53 Iwasaki-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 606-8507, Japan.
authors: Minoru
authors: M
authors: Yamada
authors: Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Science, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragigun, Nara 635-0832, Japan.
authors: Daisuke
authors: D
authors: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013177:Sports