Fear of falling in older adults living at home: associated factors

• Main Authors: Luciano Magalhães Vitorino (Author), Carla Araujo Bastos Teixeira (Author), Eliandra Laís Vilas Boas (Author), Rúbia Lopes Pereira (Author), Naiana Oliveira dos Santos (Author), Célia Alves Rozendo (Author)
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• Published: SciELO.
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Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the factors associated with the fear of falling in the older adultliving at home. METHOD Cross-sectional study with probabilistic sampling of older adultenrolled in two Family Health Strategies (FHS). The fear of falling was measured by the Brazilian version of the Fal...