Fear of falling reduced by a lay led home-based program in frail community-dwelling older adults: A randomised controlled trial

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• 作者：A. Kapan^a ; ^{ali.kapan@meduniwien.ac.at} ; E. Luger^a ; S. Haider^a ; S. Titze^b ; K. Schindler^c ; C. Lackinger^d ; T.E. Dorner^a
• 关键词：Frailty ; Fear of falling ; Lay-led ; Home-based program
• 刊名：Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：68
• 期：Complete
• 页码：25-32
• 全文大小：613 K
• 卷排序：68

文摘

FOF is associated with physical parameters, especially physical performance. Our results for FOF – a reduction of 10% – are consistent with those which were obtained by health professionals. Increasing muscle strength and improving physical performance is associated with a reduction in FOF. A high concern about falling in this population was already shown in the beginning of the study.