Fear of falling and activity avoidance in a national sample of older adults in the United States

Health and Social Work

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-62

  Bertera, Elizabeth M ^a   Bertera, Robert L ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity avoidance; Falls history; Fear of falling; Independence; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449121419     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/33.1.54     Document Type: Article

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