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Older community-dwelling people's comparative optimism about falling
— a population-based telephone survey |
| Author(s) | Joanne Dollard, Christopher Barton, Jonathan Newbury, Deborah Turnbull |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 32, no 1, March 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, March 2013 |
| Pages | pp 34-40 |
| Source | http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journals/ajag |
| Keywords | Falls ; Living in the community ; At risk ; Evaluation ; Attitude ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The present study aimed to determine whether older community-dwelling people underestimate their own perceived chance of falling compared with that of other older people (comparative optimism), and whether a history of falls is associated with comparative optimism. A sample of 389 community-dwelling South Australians aged 65 years or more completed a computer-assisted telephone interview about their 12-month fall history, their perceived chance of falling and their rating of other older people's chance of falling. Respondents were found to be comparatively optimistic about their chance of falling. However those who had fallen in the last 12 months had a lower comparative optimism score. As older people were comparatively optimistic about their likelihood of falling, they might not find fall prevention messages relevant. When older people present with a fall, clinicians could provide fall prevention information consistent with how older people present themselves. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130412222 A |
| Classmark | OLF: K4: CA3: 4C: DP: 7YA |
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