The Relationship Between Fear of Falling and Physical Activity among Older Adults

نویسندگان
Koochaki, Najma ID 1
Chahmatki, Fatemeh ID 2
Rezaeipandari, Hassan ID 3
Taheri Tanjani, Parisa ID 4
Shaker, Maryam ID 5
Dehghani Tafti, Arefeh ID 6

1 Department of Aging and Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

2 Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

3 Department of Aging and Health, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

4 Department of Internal Medicine, Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5 Health Deputy, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

6 Department of Bio-statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

doi
10.18502/ehj.v9i1.13107
چکیده

Introduction: Physical activity (PA) improves balance, walking, and muscle strength and reduces the prevalence of falls among the elderly. Fear of falling (FOF) is the most common fear among older adults and a major health problem among them. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between FOF and PA ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Physical Activity, Fear of Falling, Aged