Which factors are associated with fear of falling in community-dwelling older people?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-84

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Carpenter, Hannah ^a   Morris, Richard ^b   Iliffe, Steve ^b,c   Kendrick, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UK Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falling; Fear of falling; Older people; Older persons; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEAR; FEAR OF FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIMITED MOBILITY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING AID;

ELDERLY; FALLING; FEAR OF FALLING; OLDER PEOPLE; OLDER PERSONS; RISK FACTORS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84890388606     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft154     Document Type: Article

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