Pattern of Injuries and Associated Behavioural Factors among Older Adults Attending an Urban Primary Health Care Facility in Delhi
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https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2026.v38i01.007Keywords:
Geriatrics, Wounds and Injuries, Risk-Taking, Primary Health Care, Urban PopulationAbstract
Background: Injuries among older adults represent an important but often under recognised public health problem, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Aims & Objectives: To examine the relationship between behavioural factors and the pattern of injuries among geriatric patients attending an urban health centre. Methodology: This community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among geriatric patients attending an urban health centre in East Delhi. A total of 150 elderly participants were interviewed using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire, and the data were analysed using SPSS version 25.0. Results: Smoking was reported by 8.67% of participants and alcohol consumption by 2.67%. A statistically significant association was observed between smoking and bruising injuries (p < 0.0001). However, alcohol consumption did not show a statistically significant association with the nature of injury (p = 0.719). Conclusion: The findings emphasise the need to include behavioural risk assessment, particularly smoking history, as part of routine geriatric evaluation and injury prevention strategies at the primary health care level.
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