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| Reciprocal relationship between fear of falling and depression in elderly Chinese primary care patients | | Author(s) | Kee-Lee Chou, Iris Chi |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 5, September 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 587-594 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Falls ; Anxiety ; Patients ; General practice ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Using longitudinal data collected on 321 Chinese primary care patients aged 65+, the authors investigated the reciprocal relationship between fear of falling and depression. They examined whether functional disability and social functioning mediated the link between fear of falling and depression. Participants were recruited from three primary care units in Hong Kong, and were assessed in Cantonese by two trained assessors with Minimum Data Set - Home Care twice over a 1-year period. Findings revealed that fear of falling at baseline significantly predicted depression at 12-month follow-up assessment after age, gender, marital status, education and depression at baseline were adjusted,, but depression at baseline did not predict fear of falling at 12 months after fear of falling at baseline was adjusted. Moreover, social functioning mediated the impact of fear of falling on depression. These findings indicate that fear of falling potentially increase the risk of depression in Chinese older people in primary care settings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081124235 A |
| Classmark | ENR: OLF: ENP: LF: L5: 49: 3J: 7DR |
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