Risk of fall in patients with COPD

Hakamy, Ali; Bolton, Charlotte E.; Gibson, Jack E.; McKeever, Tricia M.

Abstract

A matched cohort study was conducted to determine the incidence of falls in patients following a diagnosis of COPD using a UK primary care database. 44 400 patients with COPD and 175 545 non-COPD subjects were identified. The incidence rate of fall per 1000 person-years in patients with COPD was higher (44.9; 95% CI 44.1 to 45.8) compared with non-COPD subjects (24.1; 95% CI 23.8 to 24.5) (P

Citation

Hakamy, A., Bolton, C. E., Gibson, J. E., & McKeever, T. M. (2018). Risk of fall in patients with COPD. Thorax, 73(11), 1079-1080. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211008

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 26, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Mar 21, 2018
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Deposit Date: Apr 6, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 22, 2019
• Journal: Thorax
• Print ISSN: 0040-6376
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-3296
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 73
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 1079-1080
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211008
• Keywords: COPD, Falls. Balance, epidemiology
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/921266
• Publisher URL: http://thorax.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/21/thoraxjnl-2017-211008
• Contract Date: Apr 6, 2018