The relationship between fear of falling, activities of daily living and quality of life among elderly individuals

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 155-161

  Suzuki, Mizue ^a   Ohyama, Naomi ^a   Yamada, Kiyomi ^b   Kanamori, Masao ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Elderly; Fear of falling; Functional disability; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; WALKING; WELLBEING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036910929     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2002.00123.x     Document Type: Review

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