Falls and fractures (ancillary study)
Contact: Natasja van Schoor
A three-year fall and fracture follow-up was performed in respondents who participated in the second data collection cycle of LASA (1995/96) and were born in or before 1930 (aged 65 years and older as of January 1, 1996) (n=1509).
At the end of the second medical interview (1995/1996) respondents received a ‘fall and fracture calendar’ and were asked to record falls and fractures until the third medical interview (1998/1999). Participants were instructed to record weekly whether or not they had fallen and if they had fallen inside or outside. Furthermore, they were asked to record fractures. Subsequently, they were asked to mail the calendar to the institute at the end of every three-month period. They were contacted by telephone if they were not able to complete the ‘fall and fracture calendar’, if no calendar was returned even after a reminder, or if the calendar was completed incorrectly. Proxies were contacted if participants were not able to respond.
See also the falls and fractures documentation in theme Physical.
