252
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Evaluation of race as a predictor of fear of falling in Black older adults

, PhD, MSPHORCID Icon, , MS, , PhDORCID Icon & , PhDORCID Icon

References

  • Andresen, E. M., Wolinsky, F. D., Miller, J. P., Wilson, -M.-M. G., Malmstrom, T. K., & Miller, D. K. (2006). Cross-sectional and longitudinal risk factors for falls, fear of falling, and falls efficacy in a cohort of middle-aged African Americans. The Gerontologist, 46(2), 249–257. doi:10.1093/geront/46.2.249
  • Boyd, R., & Stevens, J. A. (2009). Falls and fear of falling: Burden, beliefs and behaviours. Age and Ageing, 38(4), 423–428. doi:10.1093/ageing/afp053
  • Burns, E. R., Stevens, J. A., & Lee, R. (2016). The direct costs of fatal and non-fatal falls among older adults—United States. Journal of Safety Research, 58, 99–103. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2016.05.001
  • Cappleman, A. S., & Thiamwong, L. (2020). Fear of falling assessment and interventions in community-dwelling older adults: A mixed methods case-series. Clinical Gerontologist, 43(4), 471–482. doi:10.1080/07317115.2019.1701169
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. (2018). Older adult falls. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/features/falls-older-adults/index.html
  • Denkinger, M. D., Lukas, A., Nikolaus, T., & Hauer, K. (2015). Factors associated with fear of falling and associated activity restriction in community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 23(1), 72–86. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2014.03.002
  • Dong, L., Freedman, V. A., Sánchez, B. N., & Mendes de Leon, C. F. (2019). Racial and ethnic differences in disability transitions among older adults in the United States. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 74(3), 406–411. doi:10.1093/gerona/gly052
  • Fillenbaum, G. G. (2013). Multidimensional functional assessment of older adults: The duke older americans resources and services procedures. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
  • Fletcher, P. C., & Hirdes, J. P. (2004). Restriction in activity associated with fear of falling among community-based seniors using home care services. Age and Ageing, 33(3), 273–279. doi:10.1093/ageing/afh077
  • Friedman, S. M., Munoz, B., West, S. K., Rubin, G. S., & Fried, L. P. (2002). Falls and fear of falling: Which comes first? A longitudinal prediction model suggests strategies for primary and secondary prevention. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(8), 1329–1335. doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50352.x
  • Greenberg, S. A., Sullivan-Marx, E., Sommers, M. L. S., Chittams, J., & Cacchione, P. Z. (2016). Measuring fear of falling among high-risk, urban, community-dwelling older adults. Geriatric Nursing (New York, N.Y.), 37(6), 489–495. doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2016.08.018
  • IBM Corporation. (2012). IBM SPSS statistics for windows [21.0]. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.
  • Katzman, R., Brown, T., Fuld, P., Peck, A., Schechter, R., & Schimmel, H. (1983). Validation of a short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test of cognitive impairment. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 140(6), 734–739. doi:10.1176/ajp.140.6.734
  • Kempen, G. I., Yardley, L., Van Haastregt, J. C., Zijlstra, G. R., Beyer, N., Hauer, K., & Todd, C. (2007). The short FES-I: A shortened version of the falls efficacy scale-international to assess fear of falling. Age and Ageing, 37(1), 45–50. doi:10.1093/ageing/afm157
  • Kressig, R. W., Wolf, S. L., Sattin, R. W., O’Grady, M., Greenspan, A., Curns, A., & Kutner, M. (2001). Associations of demographic, functional, and behavioral characteristics with activity-related fear of falling among older adults transitioning to frailty. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49(11), 1456–1462. doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.4911237.x
  • Kumar, A., Carpenter, H., Morris, R., Iliffe, S., & Kendrick, D. (2014). Which factors are associated with fear of falling in community-dwelling older people?. Age and Ageing, 43(1), 76–84 doi:10.1093/ageing/aft154
  • Lavedán, A., Viladrosa, M., Jürschik, P., Botigué, T., Nuín, C., Masot, O., & Lavedán, R. (2018). Fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: A cause of falls, a consequence, or both?. PLoS One, 13(3). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194967
  • National Council on Aging [NCOA]. (2019). Evidence-based falls prevention programs. Retrieved from https://www.ncoa.org/healthy-aging/falls-prevention/falls-prevention-programs-for-older-adults-2/
  • National Health and Aging Trends Study [NHATS]. (2019). Retrieved from www.nhats.org
  • Nicklett, E. J., & Taylor, R. J. (2014). Racial/Ethnic predictors of falls among older adults: The health and retirement study. Journal of Aging and Health, 26(6), 1060–1075. doi:10.1177/0898264314541698
  • Nicklett, E. J., Taylor, R. J., Rostant, O., Johnson, K. E., & Evans, L. (2017). Biopsychosocial predictors of fall events among older African Americans. Research on Aging, 39(4), 501–525. doi:10.1177/0164027516651974
  • Payette, M. C., Belanger, C., Léveillé, V., & Grenier, S. (2016). Fall-related psychological concerns and anxiety among community-dwelling older adults: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One, 11(4), e0152848. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152848
  • Robinson, J. B., & Wetherell, J. L. (2018). An interdisciplinary intervention for fear of falling: Lessons learned from two case studies. Clinical Gerontologist, 41(4), 366–373. doi:10.1080/07317115.2017.1325423
  • Sairafian, K., Towe, C. W., Crandall, M., Brown, L. R., Haut, E. R., & Ho, V. P. (2019). Sociodemographic patterns of outpatient falls: Do minority patients fall less frequently?. Journal of Surgical Research, 243, 332–339. doi:10.1093/ageing/afl084
  • Scheffer, A. C., Schuurmans, M. J., Van Dijk, N., Van Der Hooft, T., & De Rooij, S. E. (2008). Fear of falling: Measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons. Age and Ageing, 37(1), 19–24. doi:10.1093/ageing/afm169
  • Schoene, D., Heller, C., Aung, Y. N., Sieber, C. C., Kemmler, W., & Freiberger, E. (2019). A systematic review on the influence of fear of falling on quality of life in older people: Is there a role for falls?. Clinical Interventions in Aging, 14, 701–719. doi:10.2147/CIA.S197857
  • Silvia, D., Ersilia, L., Francesca, B., Roberto, F., Carlo La, V., & Eva, N. (2010). Risk factors for falls in community-dwelling older people: “A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology, 21(5), 658. doi:10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181e89905
  • Singh, T., Bélanger, E., & Thomas, K. (2018). Is fear of falling the missing link to explain racial disparities in fall risk? Data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study. Clinical Gerontologist, 1–6. doi:10.1080/07317115.2018.1468377
  • Stark, S., Keglovits, M., & Somerville, E. (2016). A randomized controlled feasibility trial of tailored home modifications to improve activities of daily living. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 70, 7011520290p7011520291–7011520290p7011520291. doi:10.5014/ajot.2018.021774
  • Stark, S., Somerville, E., Kegolvits, M., Conte, J., Li, M., Hu, Y. L., & Yan, Y. (2017). Protocol for the home hazards removal program (HARP) study: A pragmatic, randomized clinical trial and implementation study. BMC Geriatrics, 17(1), 90. doi:10.1186/s12877-017-0478-4
  • Sun, D. Q., Huang, J., Varadhan, R., & Agrawal, Y. (2016). Race and fall risk: Data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS). Age and Ageing, 45(1), 120–127. doi:10.1093/ageing/afv173
  • Tennstedt, S., Howland, J., Lachman, M., Peterson, E., Kasten, L., & Jette, A. (1998). A randomized, controlled trial of a group intervention to reduce fear of falling and associated activity restriction in older adults. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 53(6), P384–P392. doi:10.1093/geronb/53b.6.p384
  • Thiamwong, L., Huang, H. J., Ng, B. P., Yan, X., Sole, M. L., Stout, J. R., & Talbert, S. (2020). Shifting maladaptive fall risk appraisal in older adults through an in-home physio-fEedback and exercise pRogram (PEER): A pilot study. Clinical Gerontologist, 43(4), 378–390. doi:10.1080/07317115.2019.1692120
  • Tinetti, M. E., & Powell, L. (1993). Fear of falling and low self-efficacy: A case of dependence in elderly persons. Jounal of Gerontology, 48, 35–38. doi:10.1093/geronj/48.special_issue.35
  • Tinetti, M. E., Richman, D., & Powell, L. (1990). Falls efficacy as a measure of fear of falling. Journal of Gerontology, 45(6), P239–P243. doi:10.1093/geronj/45.6.P239
  • Visschedijk, J. H. M., Caljouw, M. A. A., Bakkers, E., van Balen, R., & Achterberg, W. P. (2015). Longitudinal follow-up study on fear of falling during and after rehabilitation in skilled nursing facilities. BMC Geriatrics, 15(1), 161. doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0158-1
  • Wilson, -M.-M. G., Miller, D. K., Andresen, E. M., Malmstrom, T. K., Miller, J. P., Wolinsky, F. D., & Morley, J. E. (2005). Fear of falling and related activity restriction among middle-aged African Americans. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 60(3), 355–360. doi:10.1093/gerona/60.3.355
  • Yardley, L., Beyer, N., Hauer, K., Kempen, G., Piot-Ziegler, C., & Todd, C. (2005). Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I). Age and Ageing, 34(6), 614–619. doi:10.1093/ageing/afi196

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.