Impact of depression and activities of daily living on the fear of falling in Korean community-dwelling elderly

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-498

  Shin, Kyung Rim ^a   Kang, Younhee ^a   Kim, Mi Young ^a   Jung, Dukyoo ^a   Kim, Jeong Soo ^a   Hong, Chong Min ^a   Yun, Eun Suk ^a   Ma, Rye Won ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Community; Depression; Elderly; Fear of falling

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78650925285     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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