@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults with and without diabetes mellitus: findings from the Frailty in Brazilian Older People Study (FIBRA-BR)",
journal="Experimental gerontology",
year="2017",
author="de Souza Moreira, Bruno and Sampaio, Rosana Ferreira and Diz, Juliano Bergamaschine Mata and de Carvalho Bastone, Alessandra and Ferriolli, Eduardo and Neri, Anita Liberalesso and Lourenço, Roberto Alves and Dias, Rosângela Corrêa and Kirkwood, Renata Noce",
volume="89",
number="",
pages="103-111",
abstract="PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the associated factors with fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults with and without diabetes mellitus. <br><br>METHODS: Data from the Frailty in Brazilian Older People Study (FIBRA-BR), involving 4449 individuals aged 65years or older (19.2% with diabetes), were analyzed. The potential factors associated with fear of falling included sociodemographic data, chronic diseases, health-related variables and functional capacity measures. Logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the factors associated with fear of falling. <br><br>RESULTS: Female gender, arthritis or rheumatism, negative health self-perception, frailty, lower Lawton Scale score and reduced gait speed were independently associated with fear of falling in both groups. Factors associated with fear of falling specific to non-diabetic older adults were depression, visual impairment, falls in the previous 12months, obesity, depressive symptoms, higher Katz Index score and decreased handgrip strength. Lower Mini-Mental State Examination score was an associated factor with fear of falling only in those with diabetes. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The factors associated with fear of falling did differ between non-diabetic and diabetic older adults. Health care professionals should consider such differences when planning their therapeutic approaches for a successful management of fear of falling in these older populations.<br><br>Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0531-5565",
doi="10.1016/j.exger.2017.01.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2017.01.004"
}