Factors associated with the self-awareness of fall risk among older patients with osteoporosis: a cross-sectional analysis
Hua Chen, Songmei Wu, Yujiao Lu, Xinyue Liang, Junxian Chen, Ziyang Jia, Xuezhi Liu, Erhuan Han · 2026
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Hua Chen and seven colleagues report a 2026 cross-sectional survey of older patients with osteoporosis in Henan Province, China, about how well patients grasp their own fall risk. Staff at two campuses of a bone specialty hospital collected 294 valid questionnaires. Patients answered scales on fall awareness, daily function, frailty, mood, and felt social support. The team then looked for factors tied to awareness scores.
Awareness of fall risk differed across the scale's dimensions and linked with many factors at once. Age, sex, marital status, household income, and living alone all played a part. Fall prevention teaching, daily function, depression, and social support also mattered, and together the factors explained a large share of the score spread. The authors suggest nurses shape fall prevention work around these patient traits. Better awareness, they argue, could cut fall injuries in this group.
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| CREATOR | Hua Chen, Songmei Wu, Yujiao Lu, Xinyue Liang, Junxian Chen, Ziyang Jia, Xuezhi Liu, Erhuan Han |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |