title: Assessment of risk of falls in elderly living at home.
abstract: to assess the risk of falls in elderly, by comparing the sociodemographic and cognitive factors, history of falls and self-reported comorbidities.
  
  
  
  cross-sectional and quantitative study with 240 elderly. Data were collected based on the social profile, through the instrument of risk of falls and assessment of falls, by univariate analysis, bivariate and multiple logistic regression. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19 was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  
  there was a significant association of the risk of falls, as measured by the Fall Risk Score, with sex (<0.001), age (0.054), cognitive status (<0.001) and history of falls (<0.001). All variables were statistically significant and contributed to the occurrence of falls. In logistic regression, the variables that showed association with risk of falls were: fall, with whom they live, hypertension and visual impairment.
  
  
  
  female gender, older elderly (over 80 years old), with low cognitive status and occurrence of previous falls in the last six months are factors that increase the prevalence of falls. In logistic regression, the variables that were associated with risk of falls were: fall, with whom they live, visual impairment and rheumatologic diseases.
authors.affiliation: MSc.
authors.forename: Adriana de Azevedo
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: PhD, Associate Professor, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonia Oliveira
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: PhD, Full Professor, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: PhD, Researcher, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Adelaide Silva Paredes
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.affiliation: PhD, Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jordana de Almeida
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: PhD, Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Fernando Rangel
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Tura
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003071:Cognition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors