Time since falling and fear of falling among community-dwelling elderly

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1072-1083

  Jang, Soong Nang ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^a   Oh, Sang Woo ^b   Lee, Eon Sook ^b   Baik, Hyun Wook ^c,d  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Boondang Jaesaeng General Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Jaesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fall; Fear of falling; Time since falling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35349008543     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610206004807     Document Type: Article

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