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- Title
Fear of falling and falls self-efficacy and their relationship to higher-level competence among community-dwelling senior men and women in Japan.
- Authors
Katsumata, Yuriko; Arai, Asuna; Tomimori, Masashi; Ishida, Kozo; Lee, Romeo B.; Tamashiro, Hiko
- Abstract
Aim: This cross-sectional study examined the relationships of fear of falling and falls self-efficacy with higher-level competence among community-dwelling senior citizens in Japan. Methods: Of the 822 registered senior citizens, 731 (89%) community dwellers were requested to participate in the survey using a mailed self-accomplished questionnaire. Data from 648 respondents with duly accomplished questionnaires were analyzed using R2, the coefficient of determination, based on a multivariate regression analysis. Results: Fear of falling, low falls self-efficacy and higher-level functional disability were observed among respondents. Of the hypothesized relationships examined by sex, fear of falling was significantly associated with disability among male respondents and low falls self-efficacy among both sexes. Several confounding variables were strongly associated with competence. Conclusion: While the data underscore the strategic importance of promoting higher-level competence among the senior citizens, there is much to suggest that their competence is likely to be maintained if their fear of falling and falls self-efficacy were modified. Programs must also consider a wide array of intervening factors.
- Subjects
JAPAN; ANALYSIS of variance; CHI-squared test; CLINICAL competence; COMPUTER software; DEPRESSION in old age; ACCIDENTAL falls; FEAR; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; REGRESSION analysis; SELF-efficacy; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; INDEPENDENT living
- Publication
Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 3, p282
- ISSN
1444-1586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00679.x