Covariates of Fear of Falling and Associated Activity Curtailment
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Covariates of fear of falling and associated activity curtailment.
With a sample survey (N = 266) of elderly adults residing in six housing developments in Massachusetts, we used logistic regression to: (a) identify covariates of fear of falling among all subjects and (b) identify covariates of activity curtailment among the subset of subjects who were afraid of falling. Fifty-five percent of respondents were afraid of falling; of those who were afraid, 56% ha...
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[Fear of falling].
Fear of falling (FF) can be considered as a protective response to a real threat, preventing the elderly from performing activities with high risk of falling, but can also lead to a restriction of the activities that will result in a long-term adverse effect on social, physical or cognitive functions. There is a prevalence of FF in 30% in the elderly who have no history of falls, and double tha...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/38.5.549