Perception of Falls and Confidence in Self-Management of Falls among Older Adults
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Design and Procedures
2.2. Participants and Setting
2.3. Measures
2.4. Data Screening
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | n (%) | M (SD) |
---|---|---|
Demographic variables | ||
Age | 76.23 (6.44) | |
Living alone | ||
Yes | 229 (33.1) | |
No | 462 (66.9) | |
Sex | ||
Male | 165 (23.9) | |
Female | 526 (76.1) | |
Hispanic | ||
Yes | 17 (2.5) | |
No | 674 (97.5) | |
Ethnicity | ||
American Indian or Alaska native | 4 (0.6) | |
Asian American | 20 (2.9) | |
Black or African American | 10 (1.4) | |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific native | 3 (0.4) | |
European American | 654 (94.7) | |
Education | ||
Less than high school | 2 (0.3) | |
Some high school | 4 (0.6) | |
High school graduated or GED | 67 (9.7) | |
Some college or vocational school | 220 (31.8) | |
College graduated or higher | 398 (57.6) | |
Marital status | ||
Married | 400 (57.9) | |
Widowed | 190 (27.5) | |
Divorced | 70 (10.1) | |
Separated | 3 (0.4) | |
Other | 28 (4.1) | |
Persons in household | ||
1 | 229 (33.1) | |
2 | 426 (61.6) | |
3 | 20 (2.9) | |
4 | 4 (0.6) | |
5 | 2 (0.3) | |
6 | 1 (0.1) | |
Did not report | 9 (1.3) |
Characteristics | n (%) | M (SD) |
---|---|---|
Chronic conditions | ||
Arthritis | ||
Yes | 359 (52) | |
No | 332 (48) | |
Breathing | ||
Yes | 94 (13.6) | |
No | 597 (86.4) | |
Depress | ||
Yes | 80 (11.6) | |
No | 611 (88.4) | |
Diabetes | ||
Yes | 113 (16.4) | |
No | 578 (83.6) | |
Heart disease | ||
Yes | 163 (23.6) | |
No | 528 (76.4) | |
Vision limitations | ||
Yes | 98 (14.2) | |
No | 593 (85.8) | |
Perception of falls | ||
Limitation | ||
Yes | 212 (30.7) | |
No | 479 (69.3) | |
Fall frequency | 0.51 (1.22) | |
Resulted in injury | 0.16 (0.58) | |
Fear of falls | 2.86 (0.87) | |
Health status | 3.34 (0.80) | |
Poor | 1 (0.001) | |
Fair | 88 (12.8) | |
Good | 326 (47.2) | |
Very good | 226 (32.7) | |
Excellent | 50 (7.2) |
R2 | B | SE B | β | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic variables | 0.032 * | |||
Age | −0.071 | 0.021 | −0.136 * | |
Living alone | 0.292 | 0.342 | 0.041 | |
Sex | 0.773 | 0.32 | 0.098* | |
Hispanic | 0.398 | 0.825 | 0.018 | |
Ethnicity | −0.088 | 0.204 | −0.016 | |
Education | 0.138 | 0.182 | 0.029 | |
Marital status | −0.139 | 0.125 | −0.046 | |
Persons in household | 0.225 | 0.169 | 0.057 | |
Chronic conditions | 0.048 ** | |||
Arthritis | −0.597 | 0.257 | −0.089 * | |
Breathing | −0.28 | 0.379 | −0.028 | |
Depress | −0.489 | 0.401 | −0.046 | |
Diabetes | −1.131 | 0.341 | −0.124 * | |
Heart disease | −0.645 | 0.307 | −0.081 * | |
Vision | −0.803 | 0.361 | −0.083 * | |
Perception of falls | 0.263 ** | |||
Limitation | −0.831 | 0.255 | −0.114 * | |
Fall frequency | −0.098 | 0.107 | −0.035 | |
Resulted in injury | 0.179 | 0.223 | 0.031 | |
Fear of falls | −1.419 | 0.136 | −0.365 ** | |
Health status | 0.836 | 0.151 | 0.198 ** |
R2 | B (95% CI) | SE B | β | |
---|---|---|---|---|
0.286 ** | ||||
Demographic variables | ||||
Age | −0.056 (−0.091, −0.021) | 0.018 | −0.107 * | |
Sex | 0.478 (−0.061, 1.016) | 0.274 | 0.060 | |
Chronic conditions | ||||
Arthritis | −0.066 (−0.521, 0.390) | 0.232 | −0.010 | |
Diabetes | −0.797 (−1.397, −0.197) | 0.306 | −0.087 * | |
Heart disease | −0.077 (−0.604, 0.451) | 0.269 | −0.010 | |
Vision | −0.682 (−1.305, −0.058) | 0.318 | −0.071 * | |
Perception of falls | ||||
Limitation | −0.702 (−1.215, −0.189) | 0.261 | −0.096 * | |
Health status | 0.743 (0.441, 1.045) | 0.154 | 0.175 ** | |
Fear of falls | −1.404 (−1.673, −1.136) | 0.137 | −0.362 ** |
Variable Interacted with Fear of Fall in Prediction of CSMoF | β |
---|---|
Sex | −0.176 |
No chronic condition | −0.019 |
fall frequency | 0.454 ** |
Health status | −0.108 |
Perceived limitation | 0.322 ** |
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Li, Q.; Mpofu, E.; Yin, C.; Turner, K.W. Perception of Falls and Confidence in Self-Management of Falls among Older Adults. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 5054. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245054
Li Q, Mpofu E, Yin C, Turner KW. Perception of Falls and Confidence in Self-Management of Falls among Older Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(24):5054. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245054
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Qiwei, Elias Mpofu, Cheng Yin, and Keith W. Turner. 2019. "Perception of Falls and Confidence in Self-Management of Falls among Older Adults" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 24: 5054. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16245054