Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling, and associated avoidance of activity in the general population of community-living older people | Zendy

G. A. Rixt Zijlstra | Zendy; Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt | Zendy; J. Th. M. van Eijk | Zendy; Elisabeth F. C. van Rossum | Zendy; P. A. Stalenhoef | Zendy; Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen | Zendy

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Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling, and associated avoidance of activity in the general population of community-living older people

Author(s) -

G. A. Rixt Zijlstra,

Jolanda C. M. van Haastregt,

J. Th. M. van Eijk,

Elisabeth F. C. van Rossum,

P. A. Stalenhoef,

Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afm021

Subject(s) - fear of falling , medicine , falling (accident) , population , confidence interval , odds ratio , psychological intervention , demography , gerontology , injury prevention , cross sectional study , poison control , psychiatry , environmental health , pathology , sociology

Little is known about the prevalence rates and correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity due to fear of falling in the general population of community-living older people.

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