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Why Does Fear of Falling Occur in the Elderly? Even a minor accident can trigger psychological strain for the elderly. Falls that cause injury and require hospitalization can be more distressing. Research shows that seniors who fall once double their risk of falling again. The thought of a repe...
In this report we examined the factors regarding falling related to physical strength awareness in the elderly using the functional reach test. The objective was to construct a tool of high accuracy for estimating falling. We used 88 healthy elderly people who could continue the trial and had no...
In this sense, the fear of falling is a sensitive human response to nursing care. As health professionals, nurses should consider evaluating the fear of falling and understand how this phenomenon manifests itself in the elderly. Objective Mapping the available scientific evidence related to the ...
Fear of Falling and Activity Restriction: The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE) 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... Margie,E.,Lachman,... ...
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related death in the elderly, and can lead to substantial morbidity [1]. Fear of falling can precede or result from falls, and has long been recognized as a distinct health outcome even more prevalent than falling itself [2]. It has been associated wi...
Fear of falling and activity restriction: The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE). J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 1998;53B:P43-P50.Lachman ME, Howland J, Tennstedt S, Jette A, Assmann S, Peterson EW. Fear of falling and activity restriction:...
The purpose of this study was to measure and compare the effects of a fall education program and a floor-rise training intervention on fear of falling scores, using the Survey of Fear of Falling in the Elderly fear of falling tool (SAFFE, Lachman, et al., 1998). Lachman et al. (1998...
Dhargave P, Sendhilkumar R (2016) Prevalence of risk factors for falls among elderly people living in long-term care homes. J Clin Gerontol Geriatr 7(3):99–103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcgg.2016.03.004 Article Google Scholar Dionyssiotis Y (2012) Analyzing the problem of falls am...
Our study aimed to determine the level of fear of falling in elderly nursing home residents. The research population consisted of all the elderly residents of Manisa Municipal Nursing Home between November 2011 and February 2012. The 76 elderly people who agreed to participate were included in the...