High prevalence of falls, fear of falling, and impaired balance in older adults with pain in the United States: Findings from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1844-1852

  Patel, Kushang V ^a   Phelan, Elizabeth A ^b   Leveille, Suzanne G ^c,d   Lamb, Sarah E ^e,f   Missikpode, Celestin ^g   Wallace, Robert B ^g   Guralnik, Jack M ^h   Turk, Dennis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; balance; epidemiology; falls; fear of falling; pain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BACKACHE; BALANCE DISORDER; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; COGNITION; COORDINATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911975769     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13072     Document Type: Article

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