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Frontiers in PsychologyPurposeIndividuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience fear of falling (FOF), which is associated with negative health and quality-of-life consequences.
Patricia N Matsuda +2 more
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Fear of Falling and Activity Restriction: The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE). [PDF]
Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 1998 A new instrument was developed to assess the role of fear of falling in activity restriction. The instrument assesses fear of falling during performance of 11 activities, and gathers information about participation in these activities as well as the extent to which fear is a source of activity restriction.
Jonathan Howland +2 more
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Latent profile categories of fear of falling in older patients with osteoporotic spinal fractures: impact on physical activity at 1 month postsurgery [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveTo explore the latent profile categories and influencing factors of fear of falling in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) after surgery, and to explore the effect of latent categories of fear of falling on physical
Chunshu Wang +6 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019 Background: There is a lack of studies examining the relationship between osteoporosis and fear of falling as well as the association of osteoporosis and restrictions in daily life due to fear of falling.
Hans-Helmut König +2 more
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Editorial: Insights into falls efficacy and fear of falling [PDF]
Frontiers in AgingSoh, Shawn Leng-Hsien +2 more
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Influencing factors of fear of falling among glaucoma patients in west China: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 AIM: To investigate the current situation and influencing factors of fear of falling in glaucoma patients in western China. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, glaucoma patients treated in the Ophthalmology Department of West China Hospital of ...
Jie Ren +3 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background The share of people over 80 years in the European Union is estimated to increase two-and-a-half-fold from 2000 to 2100. A substantial share of older persons experiences fear of falling.
Sophie (S. A.) Korenhof +6 more
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Automatic fall detectors and the fear of falling [PDF]
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2004 We studied the effect of automatic fall detection units on the fear of falling. Participants were community alarm users living in the community aged over 75 years or those aged 60–74 years who had experienced a fall in the previous six months. Of those approached, 31% consented to take part; the main reason given for potential participants declining ...
Brownsell, Simon, Hawley, Mark
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Factors Associated with Fear of Falling among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the Shih-Pai Study in Taiwan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Fear of falling is an important risk indicator for adverse health related outcomes in older adults. However, factors associated with fear of falling among community-dwelling older adults are not well-explored.To explore the quality of life and associated
Hsiao-Ting Chang +2 more
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Fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: A cause of falls, a consequence, or both? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Despite the number of studies that have tried to demonstrate that there is an association between previous falls and the fear of falling, the relationship between these two variables remains a matter of controversy.Our objective was to investigate ...
Ana Lavedán +6 more
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