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| Covariates of fear of falling and associated activity curtailment | | Author(s) | Jonathan Howland, Margie E Lachman, Elizabeth Walker Peterson |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 5, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 549-553 |
| Keywords | Falls ; At risk ; Mobility ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | With a sample survey of 266 American older people living in six housing developments in Massachusetts, the authors used logistic regression to identify co-variates of fear of falling among all subjects, and to identify co-variates of activity curtailment among those affected. 55% of respondents were afraid of falling; of these, 56% had curtailed activity due to this fear. Factors associated with fear of falling were: being female; having had previous falls; and having fewer social contacts. Factors associated with activity curtailment among those who were afraid were: not communicating about falls; having less social support; and knowing someone who had fallen. Falls history appears an important contributor to fear of falling, whereas the impact of this fear on activities appears more a function of social support. These findings suggest different strategies for the primary and secondary prevention of fear of falling. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990309010 A |
| Classmark | OLF: CA3: C4: F: 49: 7T |
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