Age and Gender Differences in Home Injury Prevention Awareness and Behaviors Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Older adults showed lower awareness and practice of specific home injury-prevention strategies, while women exhibited greater awareness and preventive behaviors than men. These findings suggest that tailored home injury-prevention interventions that consider age and gender characteristics may yield more effective and positive outcomes.
Authors
- Ok-Hee Cho
- Hyekyung Kim
Institutions
- Kongju National University (KR)
- Catholic Kwandong University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14010049
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Catholic Kwandong University
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea