Pain and anxiety mediate the relationship between dizziness and falls in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 423-428

  Menant, Jasmine C ^a,b   Wong, Alfred ^a   Sturnieks, Daina L ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b   Delbaere, Kim ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder S ^c,d   Brodaty, Henry ^c   Lord, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

accidental falls; aged; anxiety; dizziness; pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERTIGO; WELLBEING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BACK PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; VERTIGO;

EID: 84875209128     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12131     Document Type: Article

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