ArticleJournal of aging and health2018
The Complex Association Between Fear of Falling and Mobility Limitation in Relation to Late-Life Falls: A SHARE-Based Analysis.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Does concern about falling predict future falls in older adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2025Pooled it
- Psychological and educational interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 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
- Recalibrating disparities in perceived and actual balance abilities in older adults: a mixed-methods evaluation of a novel exergaming intervention.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Perceived control over falling: a qualitative study of psychological aspects in older adults with fall concerns.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Factors associated with fear of falling among Saudi community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2025Observational
- Experiencing Cerebrovascular Diseases like Stroke and Fear of Falling: Longitudinal Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Addressing Comorbidities in People with Parkinson's Disease: Considerations From An Expert Panel.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- A concept analysis of fear of falling in older adults: insights from qualitative research studies.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Optimizing a Technology-Based Body and Mind Intervention to Prevent Falls and Reduce Health Disparities in Low-Income Populations: Protocol for a Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- The perceived control model of falling: developing a unified framework to understand and assess maladaptive fear of falling.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- Longitudinal associations of concurrent falls and fear of falling with functional limitations differ by living alone or not.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Self-reported symptom causes of mobility difficulty contributing to fear of falling in older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Gender differentiated score on the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I Brazil) to assess self-efficacy in falls in community-dwelling older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Protective or harmful? A qualitative exploration of older people's perceptions of worries about falling.Age and ageing · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Impact of Vision Impairment on Concern About Falling in People With Age-Related Macular Degeneration.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Article
- Prospective associations between subjective age and fear of falling in older adults.Aging & mental health · 2022Article
- Fear of Falling in Older Adults: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2021Article
- Cognitive performances better identify fallers than mobility assessment among older adults with fear of falling.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Random Forest for Automatic Feature Importance Estimation and Selection for Explainable Postural Stability of a Multi-Factor Clinical Test.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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objectiveThis study examines fear of falling (FOF) in relation to falls in light of mobility limitation.
methodData on community-dwelling older Europeans, aged 65+, were drawn from two consecutive waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The analysis regressed fall status in 2013 on reported FOF 2 to 3 years earlier, controlling for previous falls.
resultsFOF predicted subsequent falls when mobility limitation was low to moderate. However, the effect of FOF on fall probability was reversed when mobility limitation was high. DISCUSSION: The analysis underscores a complex association between FOF and mobility limitation in relation to late-life falls. People who are worried about falling tend to fall more. Those having high mobility limitation but lacking FOF are also more likely to fall. In cases of considerable mobility limitation, FOF may act as a protective buffer. The less worried in this group, however, may be subject to greater falling, and thus require greater attention.
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