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| Higher church attendance predicts lower fear of falling in older Mexican-Americans | | Author(s) | C A Reyes-Ortiz, H Ayele, T Mulligan |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp 13-18 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Mexico ; Church services ; Participation ; Falls ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Several studies have shown that involvement in religious activity appears to benefit health. To estimate the association between church attendance and fear of falling, the authors used a sample of 1541 non-institutionalised Mexican-Americans aged 70+ from the 1998-1999 wave of the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (Hispanic EPESE), followed until 2000-2001. Baseline potential predictors of fear of falling were church attendance, socio-demographics, history of falls, summary measure of lower body performance (random balance, 8-foot walk, and repeated chair stands), functional status, depressive symptoms, cognitive status, and medical conditions. Fear of falling at the 2-year follow-up was measured as no fear, somewhat afraid, fairly afraid, and very afraid. Chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis were used to estimate associations between the outcome and the potential predictors. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that frequent church attendance was an independent predictor of lower fear of falling 2 years later. Other independent predictors of fear of falling were female gender, poorer objective lower body performance, history of falls, arthritis, hypertension, and urinary incontinence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060202248 A |
| Classmark | TK: 7TY: OWM: TMB: OLF: 3J: 7T |
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