36 Each study included in this review was evaluated, and the following data were extracted: study design, purpose, intervention, sample size, sex proportion, age of participants, dropout rate of participants, MMSE or rating of dementia score, number of fallers, time to first fall, fear of having a fall, measures of balance, mobility, and function, intervention effect, and length of follow-up.
Consequences of the fall: fear of falling (1 item, five-point Likert scale); activity avoidance due to fear of falling (1 item, five-point Likert scale), recuperation from the fall (1 item, five-point Likert scale); severity of the injury, defined as major or minor injury.
(iii) Fear of falling: Fear of falling will be measured using the 7-item short Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) [ 49].
The influence of falling, fear of falling, and balance confidence on prosthetic mobility and social activity among individuals with a lower extremity amputation.
Knowledge of these parameters could help in the development of rehabilitation programmes focused on the prevention of falls, fear of falling and functional decline.
He was curious to know why, with the crime rate falling, fear of crime was rising.
To investigate fall frequency during the past year, circumstances relating to falls, fear of falling, self-reported impairments, and walking limitations in persons with mild to moderate late effects of polio.
After five years, 16.8% reported regular knee buckling, and over the next two years, those people were 1.6 to 2.5 times more likely to experience recurring falls, fear of falling, and poor confidence in their ability to balance.
This study tested a 3-month ankle-strengthening and walking program designed to improve or maintain the fall-related outcomes of balance, ankle strength, walking speed, risk of falling, fear of falling, and confidence to perform daily activities without falling (falls efficacy) in elderly nursing home residents.
29 Older adults who have fallen are likely to develop fear of falling and vice versa, escalating the risk of falls, fear of falling, and functional limitations.
28 The interplay of falls, fear of falling, and function among older cancer survivors remains to be investigated.
