Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing
Fall-related factors in older adults by frailty status: A cross-sectional study
Purpose: This descriptive study aimed to identify the factors associated with falls in older adults according to frailty status. Methods: Data from 9,955 older adults in the 2023 National Survey of Older Koreans were analyzed. Differences in demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related behaviors by frailty status were evaluated using the Rao-Scott X2 test. A complex-sample general linear model was used to evaluate the frequency of falls. Complex-sample multiple logistic regression analyses were performed with fal …