ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2020
A Regression Tree for Identifying Risk Factors for Fear of Falling: The International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS).
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- Association Between Fear of Falling and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Pooled it
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- Fear of Falling Score Is a Predictor of Falls in Community-Dwelling Pre-Frail and Frail Older People.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- 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 of falls and fear of falling with objectively-measured driving habits among older drivers: LongROAD study.Journal of safety research · 2022Article
- Transient versus stable nature of fear of falling over 24 months in community-older persons with falls- data of the EU SCOPE project on Kidney function.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- What contributes most to the SPPB and its subscores in hospitalized geriatric patients: an ICF model-based approach.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Association between Fear of Falling and Seven Performance-Based Physical Function Measures in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Fear of Falling and Environmental Factors: A Scoping Review.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2022Article
- Prospective associations between subjective age and fear of falling in older adults.Aging & mental health · 2022Article
- Static Balance and Chair-Rise Performance in Neurogeriatric Patients: Promising Short Physical Performance Battery-Derived Predictors of Fear of Falling.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Mediating factors on the association between fear of falling and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling German older people: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe determine the best combination of factors for predicting the risk of developing fear of falling (FOF) in older people via Classification Regression Tree (CaRT) analysis.
methodsCommunity-dwelling older adults living in Canada, Albania, Brazil, and Colombia were from International Mobility in Aging Study (IMIAS). In 2014, 1,725 participants (aged 65-74) were assessed. With a retention rate of 81%, in 2016, 1,409 individuals were reassessed. Risk factors for FOF were entered into the CaRT: age, sex, education, self-rated health, comorbidity, medication, visual impairment, frailty, cognitive deficit, depression, fall history, Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), walking aid use, and mobility disability measured by the Nagi questionnaire.
resultsThe classification tree included 12 end groups representing differential risks of FOF with a minimum of two and a maximum of five predictors. The first split in the tree involved impaired physical function (SPPB scores). Respondents with less than 8 in SPPB score and mobility disability had 82% risk of developing FOF at the end of 2-year follow-up. Between 23.2% and 82.3% of the risk of developing FOF in 2 years of follow-up were explained by only five variables: age, sex, self-rated health, functional impairment measured by SPPB, and mobility disability. In those with no functional impairment or mobility disability, levels of education, sex, and self-rated health were important predictors of FOF in the future.
conclusionThis classification tree included different groups based on specific combinations of a maximum of five easily measurable predictors with emphasis on impaired physical functioning risk factors for developing FOF.
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