SynthesisPloS one2016
Fall-Related Psychological Concerns and Anxiety among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Longitudinal associations of psychosocial factors and fear of falling in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Factors associated with anxiety and fear of falling in older adults: A rapid systematic review of reviews.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with and without exercise to reduce fear of falling in older people living in the community.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- The association between sedentary behavior and falls in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Guidelines and Delphi Study for the Multifactorial Fall Risk Assessment of Community-Dwelling Elderly.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Fall Prevention Self-Management Among Older Adults: A Systematic Review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Reducing concerns about falling in older adults: evaluation of a multi-component intervention and the role of stress and inflammation markers - long-term effects of the FEARFALL randomized controlled trial.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Trial
- A Self-Guided Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Reduce Fear of Falling in Older People: a Randomised Controlled Trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Trial
- Multi-trajectory patterns of ADL, cognition, and depression with fall risk: evidence from a longitudinal study in China.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Personality Traits and Their Association With Falls and Fall-Related Psychological Concerns in Adults Aged 50 and Older: A Scoping Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- "From the moment I started standing again, I was worried about falls": fear of falling in intensive care unit survivors over 12 months.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2026Article
- Healthcare needs and priorities of older people living with heart failure and frailty: a multi-perspective study of patients, carers and clinicians.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Fear of Falling, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults in Bangladesh: Prevalence, Correlates, and Mediation Pathways.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Targeting concerns about falling to modulate biological stress systems: Effects of a multicomponent randomized controlled trial in older adults.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Article
- Activities of daily living mediate the association between balance and falls in middle aged and older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Fear of Falling Avoidance Behaviour, but Not Fall History, Is Associated With Balance and Dynamic Gait Performance in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2025Article
- Neural correlates of concern about falling in multiple sclerosis: resting-state functional connectivity in amygdala-hippocampal and amygdala-cerebellar circuits.Experimental brain research · 2025Article
- Assessing Falls Efficacy in Seniors: Important Insights in Hospital and Community Settings.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2025Article
- Mediating role of fall fear and exercise self-efficacy in the nexus between low back pain knowledge and kinesiophobia in pregnancy-related low back pain pregnant women.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The impact of fear of falling on health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults: mediating effects of depression and moderated mediation effects of physical activity.BMC public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Fear of falling and other fall-related psychological concerns (FRPCs), such as falls-efficacy and balance confidence, are highly prevalent among community-dwelling older adults. Anxiety and FRPCs have frequently, but inconsistently, been found to be associated in the literature. The purpose of this study is to clarify those inconsistencies with a systematic review and meta-analysis and to evaluate if the strength of this relationship varies based on the different FRPC constructs used (e.g., fear of falling, falls-efficacy or balance confidence). A systematic review was conducted through multiple databases (e.g., MEDLINE, PsycINFO) to include all articles published before June 10th 2015 that measured anxiety and FRPCs in community-dwelling older adults. Active researchers in the field were also contacted in an effort to include unpublished studies. The systematic review led to the inclusion of twenty relevant articles (n = 4738). A random-effect meta-analysis revealed that the mean effect size for fear of falling and anxiety is r = 0.32 (95% CI: 0.22-0.40), Z = 6.49, p < 0.001 and the mean effect size for falls-efficacy or balance confidence and anxiety is r = 0.31 (95% CI: 0.23-0.40), Z = 6.72, p < 0.001. A Q-test for heterogeneity revealed that the two effect sizes are not significantly different (Q(19) = 0.13, p = n.s.). This study is the first meta-analysis on the relationship between anxiety and FRPCs among community-dwelling older adults. It demonstrates the importance of considering anxiety when treating older adults with FRPCs.
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