@article{ref1,
title="Association between Fear of Falling (FOF) and all-cause mortality",
journal="Archives of gerontology and geriatrics",
year="2020",
author="Kim, Jae-Hyun and Bae, Sung Man",
volume="88",
number="",
pages="e104017-e104017",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To longitudinally investigate the effect of fear of falling on all-cause mortality. <br><br>METHODS: Data from the KLoSA from 2006 to 2016 was used and 10,219 middle aged and older adults were included for analysis. The association between fear of falling and all-cause mortality was analyzed by Cox proportional hazard model with controlling for demographic characteristics, number of chronic conditions, depressive symptoms and fall experience. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the 10,219 individuals at baseline 2006, those with fall experience for 2 years were 411 participants (4.2 %) and about 18.5 % of these participants (n: 76) died. In terms of FOF, 14.83 % of participants (1,515/10,219) reported serious fear for falling. Adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of all-cause mortality shows those who are very afraid of falling had a significantly increased risk of mortality compared with those without a FOF (HR 1.861, 95 % CI 1.589-2.179, P-value:.0001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study shows a statistically significant association between fear of falling and all-cause mortality in a Korean middle aged and aged population.<br><br>Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0167-4943",
doi="10.1016/j.archger.2020.104017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2020.104017"
}