ArticleNursing & health sciences2021
Association of fear of falling with frailty in community-dwelling older adults: A cross-sectional study.
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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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- The Effect of Frailty on Balance, Fear of Falling, and Dual-Task Performance in Individuals with Type 2 DM.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Falls and associated risk factors in a sample of old age population in Egyptian community.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Factors influencing fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults in Singapore: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Reallocating Time Spent in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior and Its Association with Fear of Falling: Isotemporal Substitution Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Fear of Falling and Its Association With Physical Function and Fall History Among Senior Citizens Living in Rural Areas of China.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to describe frailty and fear of falling and examine the cross-sectional association between frailty and fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults in China. We recruited 165 older adults from five selected communities in the five districts of Changchun, Jilin Province. Participants were asked to complete a demographic questionnaire, the Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International, and the Tilburg Frailty Indicator. We found that 60% of our participants were frail and that 81% reported a fear of falling. Using binary logistic regression, we found that the participants with fear of falling were 7.2 times more likely to be frail. These findings suggest that fear of falling should be regularly screened in clinical practice to help identify older adults with greater risks of frailty. Future longitudinal studies of larger sample size are needed to confirm the association. Moreover, frailty prevention programs that include strategies to reduce the fear of falling should be tested among community-dwelling older adults.
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