Fear of Falling among Community-dwelling Sedentary and Active Older People

Alejandra Ximena Araya, Evelyn Iriarte

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The study sought to compare communitydwelling older people with respect to their level of physical activity and to the fear of falls between a group of sedentary elderly and a group of active elderly. Methods. Cross-sectional descriptive study carried out with 113 community-dwelling older people (45 sedentary and 48 active), users of an outpatient care center of the private health system with a geriatric program in Santiago, Chile. The study measured socio-demographic variables, state of health, comprehensive geriatric assessment, exercise, depression with the Yesavage scale, and fear of falling with the Short Falls Efficacy Scale - International (Short FES-I). Results. Sedentary older people have significantly higher scores in the Yesavage depression scale compared with active older people (4.2 versus 0.8). No statistically significant differences were found when comparing both groups of sedentary and active participants in terms of socio-demographic variables along with health, and functional and cognitive capacity. Regarding the fear of falling, the sedentary had a slightly higher score than the active (12 versus 11), although not significant.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)1-10
Número de páginas10
PublicaciónInvestigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria
Volumen39
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2021

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