Fear of falling among elderly patients with dizziness and syncope in a tilt setting

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-163

  Perez Jara, Javier ^a   Enguix, Alfredo ^b   Fernandez Quintas, Jose Miguel ^c   Gmez Salvador, Beatriz ^c   Baz, Rosa ^c   Olmos, Paloma ^c   Rodrguez, Alberto ^c   Vilches, Arturo ^d   Reyes Ortiz, Carlos ^e  

^a HOSPITAL EL BIERZO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^c Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL DO MEIXOEIRO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Falls; Fear of falling; Older people; Tilt test

Indexed keywords

SYNCOPE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 75349088916     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980809090151     Document Type: Article

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