Person-environment fit predicts falls in older adults better than the consideration of environmental hazards only

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 558-567

  Iwarsson, Susanne ^a   Horstmann, Vibeke ^a   Carlsson, Gunilla ^a   Oswald, Frank ^b   Wahl, Hans Werner ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LATVIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SWEDEN;

EID: 66649131980     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215508101740     Document Type: Article

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