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| Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling, and associated avoidance of activity in the general population of community-living older people | | Author(s) | G A R Zijlstra, J C M van Haastregt, J T M van Eijk |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 3, May 2007 |
| Pages | pp 304-309 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Falls ; Anxiety ; Inactivity ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; Cross sectional surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Results from a cross-sectional study of a random sample of 4031 community-living Dutch people aged 70+ are that 54.3% reported fear of falling, with 37.9% reporting associated avoidance of activity. High age, female gender, fair or poor perceived general health, and one or more multiple falls were independently associated with fear of falling and associated avoidance of activity. In particular, the associations for fair and poor perceived health and multiple falls were very strong. These findings may help health care professionals to identify people eligible for interventions aimed at reducing fear of falling and activity restriction. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070521219 A |
| Classmark | OLF: ENP: C5: K4: 49: 3KB: 76H |
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