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ArticleEuropean journal of ageing2022

Fear of falling and all-cause mortality among young-old community-dwelling adults: a 6-year prospective study.

Giulia Belloni, Christophe Büla, Brigitte Santos-Eggimann, Yves Henchoz, Sarah Fustinoni, Laurence Seematter-Bagnoud

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Article in European journal of ageing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giulia BelloniService of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, University of Lausanne Hospital Centre, Mont-Paisible 16, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Christophe BülaService of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, University of Lausanne Hospital Centre, Mont-Paisible 16, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Brigitte Santos-EggimannHealth Services Unit, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yves HenchozHealth Services Unit, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sarah FustinoniHealth Services Unit, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Laurence Seematter-BagnoudService of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, University of Lausanne Hospital Centre, Mont-Paisible 16, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
University of Lausanne · CHCentre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated whether fear of falling (FOF) measured by two different instruments, the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) and the single question on FOF and activity restriction (SQ-FAR), is associated with mortality at 6-year follow-up. Participants (

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DeathFalling concernFES-IOlder adults

Identifiers

PMID35663911
PMCPMC9156588
OpenAlexW3181508983

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