Contribution of the Built Environment towards  Elderlies’ Quality of Life and Risk of Falling

Hanapi, Nurul Liyana; Ahmad, Sabarinah Sheikh; Razak, Azli Abd; Ibrahim, Norazila

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1939

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“…Environmental factors depend on the home environment of the individual and their occupational demands (Şencan et al 2011 ). The literature agrees on adapting the environment and occupations to minimize the risks associated with environmental factors, especially in preventing the increased mortality and morbidity due to home accidents (Clemson et al 2008 ; Hanapi et al 2019 ; Clemson et al 1999 ; Alshammari et al 2018 ; Kim et al 2020 ; Guirguis-Blake et al 2018 ; Güner and Güler 2002 ). Therefore, it is very important to evaluate the home environment before intervention programs that aim to reduce the risk of home accidents (Pighills et al 2019 ).…”

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Development of the home environment risk rating scale and investigation of the psychometric properties in the elderly and adult individuals

Akyürek

Bilgin

Kocademir

et al. 2023

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Aim To reduce home accidents, which is one of the critical public health problems, it is necessary to evaluate the home environment first. The aim of this study was to develop the Home Environment Risk Rating Scale (HERRS) and examine its psychometric properties in elderly and adult individuals. Subject and methods This study was conducted on 220 elderly and adult individuals (63.68±10.31 years old, 68.2% female, 31.8% male) living in their homes. The participants completed the Sociodemographic Information Form, Home Environment Conditions Evaluation Form for Falls, and Home and Environment Risk Rating Scale. In addition, psychometric measurement results for horizontal and vertical measurements were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) methods. Results It was found that the Kaiser–Mayer–Olkin (KMO) value for horizontal and vertical measurements were 0.613 and 0.704, respectively. Results of EFA for horizontal and vertical measurements revealed that five factors together explain 72.033% and three factors together explain 68.368% of the total variance, respectively. The result of CFA for horizontal and vertical measurements demonstrate that the 5-sub-dimension horizontal scale structure and the 3-sub-dimension vertical measurement structure generally fit acceptable in this scale. Cronbach’s alpha was satisfactory in all of the measurements (0.73 and 0.80 respectively); the ICCs were good/excellent in all of the measurements (0.99 and 0.90, respectively). Conclusion The results show that HERRS has the potential to examine the risks of the home environment adequately for the home structure of Turkish society in detail and is a valid and reliable test that health professionals can use. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10389-023-01885-6.

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