THE ASSOCIATION OF ANXIETY WITH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FALLS AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS
Lingming Chen, Elizabeth Procter-Gray, Linda Churchill, Meng Zhang, Qun Le, Sarah Berry, Marian Hannan, Wenjun Li · 2023
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Lingming Chen and co-authors link anxiety to indoor falls among older adults living at home, in a research paper from 2023. One in three seniors falls each year, and mental factors behind falls are underexplored. The study followed 359 adults aged sixty-five to ninety-five in central Massachusetts.
Anxiety was scored at the start, and falls were logged on monthly calendars with follow-up interviews. Rates ran near forty-one indoor and forty-six outdoor falls per hundred person-years. Each extra anxiety point raised indoor fall odds by about six percent, even after adjusting for health and history. Outdoor falls showed no such link. The authors suggest anxiety screening in fall prevention.
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| CREATOR | Lingming Chen, Elizabeth Procter-Gray, Linda Churchill, Meng Zhang, Qun Le, Sarah Berry, Marian Hannan, Wenjun Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |