TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Association between fear of falling and self-care behaviours of older people with hypertension
JO  - Nursing open
A1  - Kouchaki, Leila
A1  - Darvishpoor Kakhki, Ali
A1  - Safavi Bayat, Zahra
A1  - Khan, Hafiz T. A.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - AIM: This study investigated the association between fear of falling and self-care behaviours of older people with hypertension. <br><br>DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. <br><br>METHODS: This study was conducted in 2019 on 301 older people with hypertension above the age of 60 years in Tehran, Iran. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, the Persian Falls Efficacy Scale-International, and a hypertension-related self-care behaviour questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS: Analyses revealed that gender, educational level and history of falling were significant factors associated with fear of falling; and marital status, educational level and income source were significant factors associated with self-care behaviours (p < 0.05). Partial correlations controlling for education revealed a significant positive correlation showing that high fear of falling is associated with worse health promotion self-care behaviours and significant inverse correlations with psycho-emotional, social and daily self-care behaviours (p < 0.05), meaning that high fear of falling is associated with better self-care for these dimensions. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: This study involved patients in order to evaluate the validity and reliability of the questionnaires. The study was conducted on older people with hypertension referred to hypertension clinics in hospitals.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2054-1058
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1654
ID  - ref1
ER  -