The association of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and fear of falling among older adults: Data from the national health and aging trends study

C Li, S Wang, K Liu, Y Zheng, Q Li, Y Zhang, L Jiang… - Geriatric nursing, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) have been individually associated
with fall-related outcomes, but their combined effect on fear of falling (FOF) has not been …

Are multimorbidity patterns associated with fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults?

JB Canever, B de Souza Moreira, AL Danielewicz… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background Multimorbidity is defined as the co-occurrence of multiple chronic or acute
diseases and medical conditions in the same individual and can be grouped into different …

Association between Fear of Falling (FOF) and all-cause mortality

JH Kim, SM Bae - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To longitudinally investigate the effect of fear of falling on all-cause mortality.
Methods Data from the KLoSA from 2006 to 2016 was used and 10,219 middle aged and …

Investigating factors associated with fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults through structural equation modeling analysis: a cross-sectional study

EPR Dos Santos, DG Ohara, LJ Patrizzi… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The scientific literature mentions the existence of factors associated with fear of falling in
older adults. However, the direct and indirect paths of its predictors have not yet been fully …

Combined effect of falling difficulty and cardiovascular diseases on the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in older adults: an analysis of the National Health …

S Huang, Z Wang, Q Wu, J Fan, J Luo - European Geriatric Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Older adults with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are prone to falls. This study
aimed to analyze the combined effect of falling difficulty and CVD on the risk of all-cause …

Impact of fear of falling and fall history on disability incidence among older adults: P rospective cohort study

K Makino, H Makizako, T Doi… - … journal of geriatric …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem for older adults, present not just in
fallers, but also nonfallers. This study examined the impact of FOF and fall history on …

[HTML][HTML] Fear of falling and mortality among older adults in Korea: analysis of the Korean longitudinal study of aging

A Lee, J Lee, G Lee, DR Lee - Korean journal of family medicine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The fear of falling (FOF) has been reported in a high percentage of elderly
people. An excessive FOF is a major concern among the elderly because it can lead to …

Fear of falling and mortality among community‐dwelling older adults in the Shih‐Pai study in Taiwan: A longitudinal follow‐up study

HT Chang, HC Chen, P Chou - Geriatrics & gerontology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Little is known about the association between fear of falling (FOF) and the risk of
mortality. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between FOF and …

Fear of falling and associated factors in older adults with heart failure

M Unes, PT Tasar, O Karasahin, O Birdal… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of fear of falling and associated
factors in older adults with heart failure. Methods A prospective, cross‐sectional study. The …

Fear of falling in older adults with diabetes mellitus: the IMIAS study

P Hewston, A Garcia, B Alvarado… - Canadian Journal on …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Several determinants of developing fear of falling (FoF) overlap with the consequences of
diabetes mellitus (DM). We compared the prevalence and severity of FoF in older adults with …