Fear of falling in the elderly with recurrent dizziness: A descriptive study;Síndrome de temor a caerse en personas mayores de 65 años con mareos de repetición: estudio descriptivo

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 274-277

  Olmos Zapata, Paloma ^a   Abad Mateos, María Ángeles ^b   Pérez Jara, Javier ^c  

^a Centro de Salud de Archena   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Elderly people; Fear of falling

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 77957373804     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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