@article{ref1,
title="Fear of falling and changed functional ability following hip fracture among community-dwelling elderly people: an explanatory sequential mixed method study",
journal="Disability and rehabilitation",
year="2012",
author="Jellesmark, Annette and Herling, Suzanne Forsyth and Egerod, Ingrid and Beyer, Nina",
volume="34",
number="25",
pages="2124-2131",
abstract="Purpose: The aims of the study were to assess self-reported fear of falling (FOF) and functional ability among community-dwelling elderly people 3-6 months post hospital discharge after a hip fracture, to investigate the association between FOF and functional ability, and to explore the lived experience of FOF and disability when recovering from a hip fracture. Method: A sequential explanatory mixed method design was used in a &quot;face-to-face&quot; survey assessing FOF (Falls Efficacy Scale-International, FES-I), avoidance of activities (Modified survey of Activities and Fear of Falling, mSAFFE), functional ability (Functional Recovery Score, FRS), and mobility (New Mobility Score, NMS) followed by in-depth interviews of four participants. Interviews were analyzed using systematic text condensation. Results: Among the 33 participants 58% had a high degree of FOF and avoided more activities, needed more assistance in activities of daily living, and were less mobile than participants who had a low degree of FOF (p < 0.0001). According to the informants FOF reduced their functional ability and seriously altered their lives. Conclusions: FOF was common and significantly associated with activity avoidance, disability, and affected the lives of elderly recovering from a hip fracture. Some patients were physically incapacitated by FOF. [Box: see text].<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0963-8288",
doi="10.3109/09638288.2012.673685",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2012.673685"
}