Fear of Falling and Its Relationship With Anxiety, Depression, and Activity Engagement Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Painter, Jane; K. Allison, Leslie; Dhingra, Puneet; Daughtery, Justin; Cogdill, Kira; Trujillo, Leonard

doi:10.5014/ajot.2012.002535

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Fear of Falling and Its Relationship With Anxiety, Depression, and Activity Engagement Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Published in American Journal of Occupational Therapy • Feb 29, 2012

Authors:

Jane Painter

Leslie K. Allison

Puneet Dhingra

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study examined (1) the relationship of fear of falling to depression, anxiety, activity level, and activity restriction and (2) whether depression or anxiety predicted fear of falling, activity level, activity restriction, or changes in activity level. METHOD: We administered the Sur...

Subject

Fear of falling

Anxiety

Depression (economics)

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