Falls and catastrophic thoughts about falls predict mobility restriction in community-dwelling older people: A structural equation modelling approach

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-592

  Delbaere, Kim ^a,b,c   Crombez, Geert ^b   Van Haastregt, Jolanda C M ^d   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity avoidance; Ageing; Catastrophizing; Fear of falling; Path analysis; Psychological

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIZING ABOUT FALLS SCALE; DISABLED PERSON; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 70350051066     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860902774444     Document Type: Article

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