@article{ref1,
title="Frailty and fear of falling: The FISTAC Study",
journal="Journal of frailty and aging",
year="2017",
author="Esbrí-Víctor, M. and Huedo-Rodenas, I. and López-Utiel, M. and Navarro-López, J. L. and Martínez-Reig, M. and Serra-Rexach, J. A. and Romero-Rizos, L. and Abizanda, P.",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="136-140",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between frailty and Fear of Falling (FoF) in a cohort of older adults with previous falls. <br><br>DESIGN: Cross-sectional study (FISTAC). SETTING: Falls Unit, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario of Albacete (Spain). PARTICIPANTS: 183 adults older than 69 years, from the Falls Unit, with a history of a previous fall in the last year. MEASUREMENTS: FoF was assessed at baseline using the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) and three questions previously validated. Frailty was assessed with the frailty phenotype criteria. Age, gender, comorbidity, nutritional status, cognitive status and risk of depression were determined. <br><br>RESULTS: Mean age 78.4, 80.3% women. FoF was present in 140 (76.5%) participants with the three questions and 102 (55.7%) presented high concern of falling with the FES-I. 88.8% of frail older adults presented FoF compared to 62.4% of those who were not frail, and only 37.8% of non frail had a high concern of falling, compared to 77.2% of those who were frail measured with the FES-I. Frail participants had an adjusted risk of FoF that was 3.18 (95% CI 1.32 to 7.65) higher compared to those who were not frail assessed with the three questions and 3.93 (95% CI 1.85 to 8.36) higher concern of falling when using the FES-I scale. Only female sex and depression risk were also associated to FoF in the final adjusted models. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Frailty is independently associated with the FoF syndrome in older faller subjects.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2260-1341",
doi="10.14283/jfa.2017.19",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.14283/jfa.2017.19"
}