Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older persons who avoid activity due to fear of falling

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kempen, Gertrudis Ijm ^a   Van Haastregt, Jolanda Cm ^a   McKee, Kevin J ^b   Delbaere, Kim ^c,d   Zijlstra, Ga Rixt ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FRAIL ELDERLY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650745620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-170     Document Type: Article

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