Relationship Between Home Safety and Prevalence of Falls and Fear of Falling Among Elderly People: a Cross-sectional Study

201847 citationsJournal Article

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Hamed Mortazavi · North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences

Mahbubeh Tabatabaeichehr · Iranshahr University

Masoumeh Taherpour · North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences

Mohadece Masoumi · North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Home safety status and demographic variables could have effects on falls and fear of falling in elderly individuals. Therefore, putting these factors together, older adults at the risk of further falls can be identified and provided with trainings through planning and appropriate interventions to prevent the incidence of falls and their negative consequences among them.

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Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Health and Well-being Studies

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Published in: Materia Socio Medica

Volume 30, Issue 2, pp. 103-103

DOI: 10.5455/msm.2018.30.103-107

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Relationship Between Home Safety and Prevalence of Falls and Fear of Falling Among Elderly People: a Cross-sectional Study

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