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| Causal attributions of falls in older adults | | Author(s) | Martha R Hinman |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 15, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 71-84 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Center, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Falls ; Symptoms ; Feeding capacity ; Preventative medicine ; Exercise ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Attribution theory was used in the design of an 8-item interview to assess 25 older adults' perceptions of the cause, stability, and controllability of their falls. In addition to frequency analysis, phi coefficients were calculated to determine the nature of the relationship between causal attributes and the perceived benefits of intervention. Results indicated that most subjects believed their falls were related to intrinsic factors such as dizziness, weakness, or poor balance, as opposed to extrinsic factors such as poor lighting or loose objects on the floor. Most perceived their falls to be an occasional (unstable) occurrence resulting from careless behaviours. Likewise, most subjects felt that their falls were controllable (preventable); however, the perceived benefits of a therapeutic exercise programmes (internal intervention) were greater than the perceived benefits of environmental modifications (external intervention). The author concludes that fall prevention programmes may be more successful if intrinsic rather than extrinsic risk factors are tackled. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980903221 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CT: CA4: LK2: CEA: 4C: 7T |
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