The The Relationship between Demographic Characteristics, Cognitive Function, Executive Functions, Physical Performance and Fear of Falling in Community-dwelling Older Adults
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Objectives: To determine the relationship between demographic characteristics, cognitive function, executive functions, physical performance and fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults. Materials and Methods: The research method was a cross-sectional study. One-hundred and fifty older adults in Chiang Rai province participated in this study. Fear of falling (FoF) was assessed using Thai Fall Efficacy Scale International (FES-I). Executive function including mental flexibility that test by trail making test, planning that test by clock drawing test, working memory that test by digit span, verbal fluency that test by verbal fluency test, inhibit control that test by stroops test and physical performance by using short physical performance battery test (SPPB) were performed. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and Binary logistic regression are used to analyse data. Results: The result found that there is only visual function, a factor of demographic characteristics, that is significantly associated with fear of falling (2 = 8.13, p < .05). Elderly in vision impairment and corrected group had a 1.95 times greater fear of falling than normal group (95% CI: 1.90-17.45). Conclusions: Visual function is probably important tool to develop the preventing of fear of falling guideline in older adults.
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