What type of a study was conducted by the authors of this report? What was the source of their data?What was the key dependent variable or the survey questions that were central to this study?

Read the article from the CDC, Falls and Fall Injuries Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years — United States, 2014. Then, answer the following questions:

 

  1. What type of a study was conducted by the authors of this report? What was the source of their data?

 

  1. Provide two key findings of this report.

 

  1. What was the key dependent variable or the survey questions that were central to this study?

 

  1. In one sentence each, describe how falls varied based on the following patient categories:
    • Gender:  
    • Age-groups: 
  2. How are these findings relevant to nurses or other clinicians? What role can nurses’ or clinicians play after reading this article?