ArticleAtencion primaria2021
[Prevalence of fear of falling and related factors in community-dwelling older people].
Article in Atencion primaria, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05889910 (Effectiveness of the Implementation of a Standardized Care Plan to Improve Fear of Falling and Incidence of Falls. FEARFALL_CARE Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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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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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association Between Fear of Falling and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Pooled it
- Nurse-led multicomponent educational intervention in primary care to reduce fear of falling in older adults: a cluster randomized trial.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Fear of falling among housebound older adults: a quantitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Association between executive functions and fear of falling among people aged 80 years or older: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Detection of Falls and Frailty in Older Adults with Oldfry: Associated Risk Factors.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
- Exploring physical activity experiences of community-dwelling oldest-old adults with chronic multimorbidity: A qualitative study.Journal of advanced nursing · 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
- 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
- Longitudinal associations of concurrent falls and fear of falling with functional limitations differ by living alone or not.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Classification of Center of Mass Acceleration Patterns in Older People with Knee Osteoarthritis and Fear of Falling.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Social Support, General Self-Efficacy, Fear of Falling, and Physical Activity Among Older Adults in a Middle-Income Country.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
aimTo know, in the population over 70, independent for walking, the prevalence of the concern to fall according to the short version of the Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) questionnaire, in old people living in the community and their associated factors.
designCross-sectional study. LOCATION: Centro de Salud El Greco, Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
participants189 patients ≥70years with a Barthel ≥60, independent for walking (walk 45minutes without help or with a cane). The study was offered to a total of 328 people, of these accepted 217 and rejected 111. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: The dependent variable, fear of falling (FOF), was evaluated by means of the short FES-I questionnaire, considering as a cut-off point for the positive screening of the MC a score ≥11. As independent variables we considered: Barthel index, Downton scale, the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) fragility test, falls in the last year, injuries associated with falls, time since the last fall, sensory deficit, use of gait devices, comorbidity and pharmacological treatment.
resultsThe prevalence of FOF was 42.9% (95%CI: 35.5-50.2). The factors associated with FOF in the final multivariate analysis were: female sex, living alone, high risk of falls, presence of frailty (SPPB≤9), use of hypotensive drugs, and injuries associated with previous falls.
conclusionsThe prevalence of FOF in older people is high. Primary Care professionals should systematize the screening of this health problem, prioritizing especially in people who present the following risk factors: being a woman, living alone, having a low score on the SPPB (as an indicator of frailty) or presenting a high risk of falls.
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