TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Prevalence of fear of falling and associated factors among Japanese community-dwelling older adults
JO  - Medicine (Baltimore)
A1  - Tomita, Yoshihito
A1  - Arima, Kazuhiko
A1  - Tsujimoto, Ritsu
A1  - Kawashiri, Shin-Ya
A1  - Nishimura, Takayuki
A1  - Mizukami, Satoshi
A1  - Okabe, Takuhiro
A1  - Tanaka, Natsumi
A1  - Honda, Yuzo
A1  - Izutsu, Kazumi
A1  - Yamamoto, Naoko
A1  - Ohmachi, Izumi
A1  - Kanagae, Mitsuo
A1  - Abe, Yasuyo
A1  - Aoyagi, Kiyoshi
SP  - e9721
EP  - e9721
VL  - 97
IS  - 4
N2  - To determine the prevalence of fear of falling and associated factors among Japanese community-dwelling older adults.Cross-sectional study between 2011 and 2013.Community in which residents voluntarily attended a health examination.We recruited 844 older adults (male, n = 350; female, n = 494) aged 60 to 92 years from among those who presented at the health examination.We assessed fear of falling, falls in the previous year, pain, comorbidity, and cataracts. Five times chair stand time was applied as an indicator of physical performance.The prevalence of fear of falling was 26.9% and 43.3% among the men and women, respectively. Men and women who feared falling were older (P < .01), had longer 5 times chair stand time (P < .01), and more falls in the previous year (P < .05), pain (P < .01), and comorbidity (P < .05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis identified advanced age (odds ratios [OR], 1.57; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-2.39), falls in the previous year (OR, 2.44; 95%CI, 1.29-4.64), and pain (OR, 1.82; 95%CI, 1.03-3.22) in men, and advanced age (OR, 1.59; 95%CI, 1.13-2.24), longer 5 times chair stand times (OR, 1.28; 95%CI, 1.04-1.59), falls in the previous year (OR, 2.59; 95%CI, 1.54-4.34), and pain (OR, 1.65; 95%CI, 1.06-2.55) in women as being independently associated with fear of falling.The prevalence of fear of falling was similar to previous reports. Advanced age, falls in previous year, and pain were associated with fear of falling in men. A longer 5 times chair stand time was also associated with fear of falling among older adult women. Maintenance of physical function and pain management might be important for older adults with fear of falling.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-7974
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000009721
ID  - ref1
ER  -