Abstract
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to clarify problems pertaining to student's recognition of risks of falls of elderly.
Method. We collected fall assessment score sheets on 89 elderly persons each in the care of one student at a college for care workers. We analyzed these with PASW STATISTICS 18.0J survey analysis software for Windows.
Findings. According to our analysis of the fall assessment score sheet, there was one elderly person (1.3%) in the Risk Ⅰ zone, 50 elderly person (64.9%) in the risk Ⅱ zone and 26 elderly persons (33.8%) in the Risk Ⅲ zone. For general cognition general excretion scores, we found odds ratios of 2.572(p=0.020) and 1.593 (p=0.045), respectively, and saw a significant correlation.
Conclusion. Our results showed a significant correlation between perception of risk of falls in elderly and items including excretion actions and cognition. This suggests that it is possible, when caring for the elderly, to use assessment of an elderly resident’s current condition to predict behavior. We believe use of fall assessment score sheets is a valuable method to help prevent falls of the elderly.
