Feasibility of a cognitive behavioural group intervention to reduce fear of falling and associated avoidance of activity in community-living older people: A process evaluation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Van Haastregt, Jolanda C M ^a   Zijlstra, G A Rixt ^a   Van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a   De Witte, Luc P ^c   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEAR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149023367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-156     Document Type: Article

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