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Intensity and correlates of fear of falling and hurting oneself in the next year
— baseline findings from a Roybal Center fear of falling intervention | | Author(s) | Renée H Lawrence, Sharon L Tennstedt, Linda E Kasten |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 10, no 3, August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 267-286 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Inactivity ; Quality of life ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Fear of falling is common in older people and is associated with restricted activity. To help inform design interventions, the authors examined the correlations of this fear in a sample of 392 older people who had reported being afraid of having a fall. In a multivariate model, lower levels of fear of falling and hurting oneself in the next year were related to being younger, having higher levels of dysfunction, and having lower levels of perceived ability to manage falls, with the last two remaining significant even after controlling for generalised fearfulness. When analysing specific domains of dysfunction, higher levels of fear of falling and hurting oneself in the next year were associated with higher levels of physical dysfunction. The findings lend support to the increasing awareness that fear of falling may negatively affect quality of life, and suggest the importance of interventions aimed at enhancing ability to manage falls. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980910401 A |
| Classmark | OLF: C5: F:59: 7T |
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