ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2023
Frailty, falls and poor functional mobility predict new onset of activity restriction due to concerns about falling in older adults: a prospective 12-month cohort study.
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- Is frailty associated with increased concerns about falling and activity restriction in community-dwelling older adults? A systematic review.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Pooled it
- Physical-activity interventions to reduce fear of falling in frail and pre-frail older adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.European geriatric medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing concerns about falling: a comparison of telephone-based and face-to-face FES-I interviews in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2026Trial
- Associations of mobility and frailty risk with wayfinding ability in aging.Behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Implementation of Falls Management Exercise (FaME) falls prevention programme among community-dwelling older adults. A scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Daily activity patterns from wearable accelerometry predict physical frailty and concern about falling.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting frailty among older adults with multimorbidity in the emergency department.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Association and predictive value analysis for mobility assessments and concerns about falling on falls in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective cohort study in China.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Frailty is associated with a history of falls among mobility-limited older adults-cross-sectional multivariate analysis from the BIOFRAIL study.European geriatric medicine · 2025Observational
- Cross-sectional assessment of the Tinetti performance-oriented mobility tool for screening physical frailty syndrome in older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Effects of BMI and grip strength on older adults' falls-A longitudinal study based on CHARLS.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Innovation in Digital Health Interventions for Frailty and Sarcopenia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Relationship between Mobility Device Use, Falls and Fear of Falling (FOF) Differed by Frailty Status among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Article
- Older People at High Risk of Falls With and Without Cognitive Impairment and Factors Related to Falls: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sage open agingArticle
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Abstract
purposeConcerns about falling are common in older adults and often cause activity restriction. This can lead to physical deconditioning, falls and social isolation. However, not every concerned older adult will restrict their activities. This 12-month longitudinal study investigated the physical and psychosocial factors that predict the new onset of activity restriction due to concerns about falling in older people.
methodsParticipants were 543 older adults (M
results10.1% of the sample started to restrict activity due to concerns about falling at Timepoint 2. Three key predictors significantly predicted activity restriction group status at 12-month follow-up: greater frailty at Timepoint-1 (Fried Frailty Index; OR = 1.58, 95% CI 1.09-2.30), experiencing a fall between Timepoint-1 and 2 (OR = 2.22, 95% CI 1.13-4.38) and poorer functional mobility at Timepoint-1 (Timed up and Go; OR = 1.08, 95% CI 1.01-1.15).
conclusionsFrailty, experiencing a fall and poorer functional mobility all predicted the onset of activity restriction due to concerns about falling. Clinicians working in balance and falls-prevention services should regularly screen for frailty, and patients referred to frailty services should likewise receive tailored treatment to help prevent the development of activity restriction due to concerns about falling.
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