Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling, and associated avoidance of activity in the general population of community-living older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-309

  Zijlstra, G A R ^a   van Haastregt, J C M ^a,b   van Eijk, J Th M ^a,b   van Rossum, E ^a,b,c   Stalenhoef, P A ^a,b   Kempen, G I J M ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Correlates; Cross sectional; Daily activity; Elderly; Fear of falling

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34250676128     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm021     Document Type: Article

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