Fear of falling (FF): Psychosocial and physical factors among institutionalized older Chinese men in Taiwan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chu, Chin Liang ^a   Liang, Chih Kuang ^a,c   Chow, Philip C ^c   Lin, Yu Te ^a,c   Tang, Kwong Yui ^a   Chou, Ming Yueh ^a,c   Chen, Liang Kung ^b,c   Lu, Ti ^a   Pan, Chih Chuan ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Falls; Fear of falling; Minimum data set

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEAR OF FALLING; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDING; TAIWAN; VETERAN; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79960109328     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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