TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Self-reported fatigue: a significant risk factor for falling in older women and men
JO  - Experimental gerontology
A1  - Blain, Hubert
A1  - Gamon, Lucie
A1  - Aliaga, Bérangère
A1  - Soriteau, Laure
A1  - Raffort, Nathalie
A1  - Miot, Stéphanie
A1  - Picot, Marie-Christine
A1  - Bousquet, Jean
A1  - Bernard, Pierre Louis
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether fatigue may be a risk factor for falling in older men and women, independent of other components of the frailty phenotype, fear of falling, and physical performance.     DESIGN: Among 986 women and 485 men visiting a health resort (mean age 72.3 and 72.7, respectively), subjects with at least one fall in the previous year were compared with non-fallers using a multivariate logistic regression analysis. Age, fatigue and fear of falling over the previous month were assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS), and the past 7 days of activity were assessed using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. The following parameters were also assessed: weight loss in the past year, maximum grip strength measured with a hand dynamometer, time to perform the 5-chair stand and the up and go tests, time to walk 4 m, time held on one leg, feet together, as well as in the semi-tandem and tandem positions.     RESULTS: A feeling of fatigue (VAS score ≥ 5/10 in women or ≥4/10 in men), a fear of falling (VAS score ≥ 4/10 in women or ≥2 in men), and poor balance (time held in semi-tandem position < 10 s in women and time held on one leg < 6.5 s in men) were the 3 independent parameters distinguishing fallers from non-fallers.     CONCLUSION: The present study suggests the interest of adding a VAS score of fatigue to that of fear of falling and balance measurements for screening men and women aged 65 or older who are at risk of falls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0531-5565
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2020.111154
ID  - ref1
ER  -