Socio-demographic, health-related and psychosocial correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older persons who avoid activity due to fear of falling

• Autores principales: Delbaere Kim (Autor), McKee Kevin J (Autor), van Haastregt Jolanda CM (Autor), Kempen Gertrudis IJM (Autor), Zijlstra GA Rixt (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Fear of falling and avoidance of activity are common in old age and are suggested to be (public) health problems of equal importance to falls. Earlier studies of correlates of fear of falling and avoidance of activity did hardly diff...