Fear-related avoidance of activities, falls and physical frailty. A prospective community-based cohort study
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Fear of falling and avoidance of activities in daily life were predictive of falls within a 1-year follow-up, together with general fear of falling, old age and being female.Citations
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Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)
Lucy Yardley,Nina Beyer,Klaus Hauer,Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen,Chantal Piot-Ziegler,Chris Todd +5 more
TL;DR: The modified version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International has close continuity with the best existing measure of fear of falling, excellent psychometric properties, and assesses concerns relating to basic and more demanding activities, both physical and social.
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Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons
TL;DR: There is great variation in the reported prevalence of FOF in older people and that there are multiple associated factors, which may be useful in developing multidimensional strategies to decrease FOF and improve quality of life.
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The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). A comprehensive longitudinal validation study
Kim Delbaere,Jacqueline C. T. Close,Jacqueline C. T. Close,A. Stefanie Mikolaizak,Perminder S. Sachdev,Henry Brodaty,Stephen R. Lord +6 more
TL;DR: A comprehensive validation of the 16-item and 7-item Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) by investigating the overall structure and measurement properties, convergent and predictive validity and responsiveness to change is performed.
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The prevalence of anxiety in older adults: Methodological issues and a review of the literature
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Determinants of disparities between perceived and physiological risk of falling among elderly people: cohort study
TL;DR: Many elderly people underestimated or overestimated their risk of falling, and disparities between perceived and physiological fall risk were primarily associated with psychological measures and strongly influenced the probability of falling.
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Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community.
TL;DR: It is concluded that falls among older persons living in the community are common and that a simple clinical assessment can identify the elderly persons who are at the greatest risk of falling.
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Gait Changes in Older Adults: Predictors of Falls or Indicators of Fear?
TL;DR: In a cohort of ambulatory older adults, whether spatial‐temporal measures of foot placement during gait can predict the likelihood of future falls or whether these measures are more likely to be indicative of adaptations associated with pre‐existing fear of falling is investigated.
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Fear of falling and fall-related efficacy in relationship to functioning among community-living elders
TL;DR: The strong independent association between self-efficacy and function found in this study suggests that clinical programs in areas such as prevention, geriatric evaluation and management, and rehabilitation should attempt simultaneously to improve physical skills and confidence.
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Falls and Fear of Falling: Which Comes First? A Longitudinal Prediction Model Suggests Strategies for Primary and Secondary Prevention
TL;DR: The objective was to determine the temporal relationship between falls and fear of falling, and to see whether these two outcomes share predictors.
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Epidemiology of falls
Tahir Masud,Rob Morris +1 more
TL;DR: This epidemiological review of falls concentrates on four main components, different ways of defining and classifying falls and fallers, and the causes and impact of falls in the older population.