TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Association between exercise and fear of falling in community-dwelling elderly koreans: results of a cross-sectional public opinion survey
JO  - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
A1  - Paik, Nam-Jong
A1  - Kang, Eun Kyung
A1  - Oh, Min Kyun
A1  - Park, Won-Beom
A1  - Jang, Soong-Nang
A1  - Lim, Jae-Young
SP  - 954
EP  - 959
VL  - 92
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between habitual exercise and fear of falling in an older Korean population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study conducted in a population-based sample of an urban city. SETTING: Urban city in South Korea. PARTICIPANTS: Randomly sampled older Korean people (N=828; aged ≥65y) living in a typical urban city located in South Korea. INTERVENTION: Standardized telephone interview. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Data on exercise habits, history of falls during the previous year, and fear of falling were obtained using a random digit dialing telephone survey method. Multiple linear regression and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to examine the association between exercise habits and the fear of falling. RESULTS: The incidence of falls in the study cohort was 13%, and the prevalence of the fear of falling was 67.4% (47.6% in men and 80.8% in women). About 30% of those that expressed a fear of falling stated that this was the cause of their limited activity. Older men and women who exercised regularly showed a similar level of fear of falling, but they were less likely to experience fear-related activity restriction than nonexercisers. CONCLUSIONS: A regular exercise habit was found to be inversely associated with fear-related activity restriction regardless of fall experience among older Korean men and women.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9993
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2010.12.041
ID  - ref1
ER  -