Angela T Jacobs, Janelle L B Macintosh, Karlen E Beth Luthy, Renea L Beckstrand, Michael S Robinson, Christopher I Macintosh
Parental reports of vaccine information statement usage in Utah
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
aim study assess impact fear falling health older peoplea total 528 subjects mean age 77 years recruited two hospitals sydney australia followed approximately 12 months eightyfive subjects died followup 31 admitted aged care institution tinettis falls efficacy scale fes successfully administered 418 subjects part baseline assessment among baseline fes scores ability perform 10 activities daily living adls assessed baseline followup 307 subjects sf36 scores assessed baseline followup 90 subjects recruited latter part study falls followup identified using monthly falls calendarcompared high fallrelated selfefficacy fes score 100 low fallrelated selfefficacy fes score 75 increased risk falling adjusted relative risk 209 95 confidence interval ci 131333 poorer fallrelated selfefficacy greater declines ability perform adls p 001 total adl score decreased 069 activities among persons low fes scores 75 decreased 004 activities among persons fes scores 100 decline adls explained higher frequency falls among persons low fes scores sf36 scores particularly scores physical function bodily pain subscales tended decline among persons poor fallrelated selfefficacy nonfallers said afraid falling increased risk admission aged care institutionfear falling serious consequences older people interventions successfully reduce fear falling improve fallrelated selfefficacy likely major health benefits