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Prevalence of fear of falling and associated factors among Japanese community-dwelling older adults.
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Comparison of Exergaming and Vestibular Training on Gaze Stability, Balance and Gait Performance of Older Adults.
Effectiveness of the Implementation of a Standardized Care Plan to Improve Fear of Falling and Incidence of Falls. FEARFALL_CARE Study
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The global prevalence of and risk factors for fear of falling among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 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
- Intervention Characteristics Associated With a Reduction in Fear of Falling Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.The Gerontologist · 2021Pooled it
- Fear of Falling and its Associations with Functional and Psychosocial Factors among Older Adults in Rural Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India: A Cross-Sectional Study.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025Article
- Factors associated with fear of falling among Saudi community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2025Observational
- Reference values for static posturography of sportive and healthy adults aged 18-30 years.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Falls, fear of falling, and lower body strength in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults with cancer.Canadian oncology nursing journal = Revue canadienne de nursing oncologique · 2025Article
- Effect of a Health Education Intervention to Reduce Fear of Falling and Falls in Older People: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial Protocol.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Association between fear of falling and self-care behaviours of older people with hypertension.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Daily Posture Behavior Patterns Derived From Multitime-Scale Topic Models Using Wearable Triaxial Acceleration for Assessment of Concern About Falling.IEEE sensors journal · 2023Article
- Associations of Mutually Exclusive Categories of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior with Body Composition and Fall Risk in Older Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Investigating Factors Associated with Fear of Falling in Community-Dwelling Older Adults through Structural Equation Modeling Analysis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Association Between Pain and Fall Worry Among Community-Dwelling Older People With Cognitive Impairment in the United States.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Disaster Damage and Falls/Fear of Falling in Older Adults: 9-Year Follow-Up of Survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Fear of Falling in Older Adults Treated at a Geriatric Day Hospital: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Fear of Fall in the Elderly: A Hospital-Based, Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2022Article
- Fear of Falling in Older Adults: A Scoping Review of Recent Literature.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2021Article
- Fear of falling and associated factors among older people living in Bahir Dar City, Amhara, Ethiopia- a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
To determine the prevalence of fear of falling and associated factors among Japanese community-dwelling older adults.Cross-sectional study between 2011 and 2013.Community in which residents voluntarily attended a health examination.We recruited 844 older adults (male, n = 350; female, n = 494) aged 60 to 92 years from among those who presented at the health examination.We assessed fear of falling, falls in the previous year, pain, comorbidity, and cataracts. Five times chair stand time was applied as an indicator of physical performance.The prevalence of fear of falling was 26.9% and 43.3% among the men and women, respectively. Men and women who feared falling were older (P < .01), had longer 5 times chair stand time (P < .01), and more falls in the previous year (P < .05), pain (P < .01), and comorbidity (P < .05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified advanced age (odds ratios [OR], 1.57; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-2.39), falls in the previous year (OR, 2.44; 95%CI, 1.29-4.64), and pain (OR, 1.82; 95%CI, 1.03-3.22) in men, and advanced age (OR, 1.59; 95%CI, 1.13-2.24), longer 5 times chair stand times (OR, 1.28; 95%CI, 1.04-1.59), falls in the previous year (OR, 2.59; 95%CI, 1.54-4.34), and pain (OR, 1.65; 95%CI, 1.06-2.55) in women as being independently associated with fear of falling.The prevalence of fear of falling was similar to previous reports. Advanced age, falls in previous year, and pain were associated with fear of falling in men. A longer 5 times chair stand time was also associated with fear of falling among older adult women. Maintenance of physical function and pain management might be important for older adults with fear of falling.
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