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| Fear of falling limiting activity in young-old women is associated with reduced functional mobility rather than psychological factors | | Author(s) | Finbarr C Martin, Deborah Hart, Tim Spector |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 34, no 3, May 2005 |
| Pages | pp 281-286 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Young elderly ; Older women ; Falls ; At risk ; Mobility ; Social surveys ; Waltham Forest. |
| Annotation | The authors use data from the Chingford 1000 Women study for 713 community-dwelling women, mean age 64.2. Of these, 70 women (10.1%) reported fear of falling limiting activity (FoF-LA), of whom only 21 had fallen in the previous year. Women reporting FoF-LA had higher prevalence of adverse functional and clinical characteristics. FoF-LA was independently associated with reduced functional capabilities, but not with psychological factors among young-old women. FoF-LA may identify individuals at risk of subsequent functional decline. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050520210 A |
| Classmark | BBA: BD: OLF: CA3: C4: 3F: 82LW |
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