Bruno G G da Costa, Kelly S da Silva, Amanda M George, Maria Alice A de Assis
Sedentary behavior during school-time: Sociodemographic, weight status, physical education class, and school performance correlates in Brazilian schoolchildren
Journal of science and medicine in sport
report prevalence risk factors fear falling fof among older individuals living residential care facilities india crosssectional study homes aged centres hyderabad india study included individuals aged 60 years homes aged centres participants underwent comprehensive eye examination makeshift clinics setup homes trained investigators collected personal demographic information participants administered patient health questionnaire9 hearing handicap inventory elderly questionnaire vernacular language fof assessed using short falls efficacy scale presence hearing visual impairment individual considered dual sensory impairment dsi multiple logistic regression analysis done assess factors associated fof fof total 867 participants included 41 homes aged centres analyses mean sd age participants 742 83 years range 6096 years prevalence fof 561 95 ci 527 594 n486 multivariate analysis showed dsi eleven times higher odds reporting fof impairment 1114 95 ci 315 414 similarly moderate depression seven times higher odds 685 95 ci 370 1270 severe depression eight times higher odds 813 95 ci 350 1890 reporting fof history falls last year also associated increased odds fof 152 95 ci 103 226 fof common among older individuals residential care india depression falling previous year dsi strongly associated fof crossdisciplinary approach may required address fof among older people residential care india