Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community

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Autor(a) principal: Cruz,Danielle Teles da
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Duque,Raphaela Ornellas, Leite,Isabel Cristina Gonçalves
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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Resumo: Abstract Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of fear of falling among a sample of elderly persons in the community, and to analyze its correlation with age, self-perceived health, difficulty walking, use of an assistive device for walking, history of falls, and functional capacity. Method: A cross-sectional study of 314 non-institutionalized elderly individuals, living in the city of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais) in 2015, was carried out. A household survey was conducted and fear of falling was assessed using the Falls Efficacy Scale - International - Brazil (FES-I-BRASIL). The Spearman correlation was used to verify the correlation of the independent variables with the fear of falling. The significance level for the study was 5%. Results: The prevalence of fear of falling among the elderly was 95.2% (95% CI= 92.3; 97.3). Fear of falling was significantly correlated with all the variables analyzed: age (r= 0.199), self-perceived health (r=0.299), difficulty walking (r= -0.480), use of an assistive device for walking (r=0.337), history of falls (r= -0.177), and functional capacity (r = -0.476) . Conclusions: A high prevalence of fear of falling was observed, with a significant correlation between the outcome and the variables studied. These findings point to the need for rehabilitation, prevention, and health promotion strategies that enable healthy aging.
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spelling Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the communityHealth of the ElderlyAgingFearAccidental FallsCross-Sectional Studies.Abstract Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of fear of falling among a sample of elderly persons in the community, and to analyze its correlation with age, self-perceived health, difficulty walking, use of an assistive device for walking, history of falls, and functional capacity. Method: A cross-sectional study of 314 non-institutionalized elderly individuals, living in the city of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais) in 2015, was carried out. A household survey was conducted and fear of falling was assessed using the Falls Efficacy Scale - International - Brazil (FES-I-BRASIL). The Spearman correlation was used to verify the correlation of the independent variables with the fear of falling. The significance level for the study was 5%. Results: The prevalence of fear of falling among the elderly was 95.2% (95% CI= 92.3; 97.3). Fear of falling was significantly correlated with all the variables analyzed: age (r= 0.199), self-perceived health (r=0.299), difficulty walking (r= -0.480), use of an assistive device for walking (r=0.337), history of falls (r= -0.177), and functional capacity (r = -0.476) . Conclusions: A high prevalence of fear of falling was observed, with a significant correlation between the outcome and the variables studied. These findings point to the need for rehabilitation, prevention, and health promotion strategies that enable healthy aging.Universidade do Estado do Rio Janeiro2017-05-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232017000300309Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia v.20 n.3 2017reponame:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologiainstname:Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)instacron:UFRJ10.1590/1981-22562017020.160176info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCruz,Danielle Teles daDuque,Raphaela OrnellasLeite,Isabel Cristina Gonçalveseng2017-07-13T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1809-98232017000300309Revistahttp://revista.unati.uerj.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1809-9823&lng=pt&nrm=isohttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||revistabgg@gmail.com1981-22561809-9823opendoar:2017-07-13T00:00Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)false
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title Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community
spellingShingle Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community
Cruz,Danielle Teles da
Health of the Elderly
Aging
Fear
Accidental Falls
Cross-Sectional Studies.
title_short Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community
title_full Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community
title_fullStr Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community
title_sort Prevalence of fear of falling, in a sample of elderly adults in the community
author Cruz,Danielle Teles da
author_facet Cruz,Danielle Teles da
Duque,Raphaela Ornellas
Leite,Isabel Cristina Gonçalves
author_role author
author2 Duque,Raphaela Ornellas
Leite,Isabel Cristina Gonçalves
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cruz,Danielle Teles da
Duque,Raphaela Ornellas
Leite,Isabel Cristina Gonçalves
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Health of the Elderly
Aging
Fear
Accidental Falls
Cross-Sectional Studies.
topic Health of the Elderly
Aging
Fear
Accidental Falls
Cross-Sectional Studies.
description Abstract Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of fear of falling among a sample of elderly persons in the community, and to analyze its correlation with age, self-perceived health, difficulty walking, use of an assistive device for walking, history of falls, and functional capacity. Method: A cross-sectional study of 314 non-institutionalized elderly individuals, living in the city of Juiz de Fora in the state of Minas Gerais) in 2015, was carried out. A household survey was conducted and fear of falling was assessed using the Falls Efficacy Scale - International - Brazil (FES-I-BRASIL). The Spearman correlation was used to verify the correlation of the independent variables with the fear of falling. The significance level for the study was 5%. Results: The prevalence of fear of falling among the elderly was 95.2% (95% CI= 92.3; 97.3). Fear of falling was significantly correlated with all the variables analyzed: age (r= 0.199), self-perceived health (r=0.299), difficulty walking (r= -0.480), use of an assistive device for walking (r=0.337), history of falls (r= -0.177), and functional capacity (r = -0.476) . Conclusions: A high prevalence of fear of falling was observed, with a significant correlation between the outcome and the variables studied. These findings point to the need for rehabilitation, prevention, and health promotion strategies that enable healthy aging.
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