| dc.contributor.advisor | Frantz, José Merle | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ntagungira, Egide Kayonga | |
| dc.contributor.other | Dept. of Physiotherapy | |
| dc.contributor.other | Faculty of Community and Health Sciences | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-12T10:43:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007/04/18 15:28 | |
| dc.date.available | 2007/04/18 | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-12T10:43:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1641 | |
| dc.description | Magister Scientiae (Physiotherapy) - MSc(Physio) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Falls among elderly people have been identified as a significant and serious medical problem confronting a growing number of older people. Falls have been found to be a leading cause of disability, distress, admission to supervised care and death among older persons that pose a serious problem to public health. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for falls in the community-dwelling elderly persons in the Umutara province of Rwanda. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Falls (Accidents) in old age | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rwanda | en_US |
| dc.subject | Risk factors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Older people | en_US |
| dc.subject | Wounds and injuries | en_US |
| dc.title | Epidemiology of and risk factors for falls among the community-dwelling elderly people in selected districts of Umutara Province, Republic of Rwanda | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.description.country | South Africa | |
