The relationship between the risk and fear of falling in older women participating in social project
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Accidental Falls, Motor Activity, Women, AgedAbstract
Objective: To verify the relationship between risk and fear of falling in older women participating of social projects. Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted with 59 older women participating in a social project offered by the city of Cianorte-PR. To assess the fear of falling, the FES-1-BRASIL was used. To assess gait mobility and risk of falling, the Timed Up & Go (TUG) test was applied. Descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation), the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent student's t test and Pearson's correlation were used for data analysis, with a significance of p< 0.05. Results: the older women had a moderate to high risk of falling. The analysis of the elderly women's fear of falling evidenced a mean score of 27.4 ± 6.91. Regarding mobility and balance, it was found that the average time to perform the TUG was 11.6 ± 2.9 seconds. Women under 70 years of age who had been in the project for more than three years had less fear and lower risk of falling (p= 0.039 and p= 0.001, respectively). The following significant correlations were found (p< 0.05): fear of falling with time of participation in the project (r= -0.42); risk of falling with age (r= 0.29) and fear of falling (r= 0.56). Conclusion: From the results obtained, we concluded that age and time of participation in the project seem to be intervening factors in the fear and risk of falling among the elderly women. It is noted that the women under 70 years of age and those with more extended participation in the social project had less fear and risk of falling. In addition, it was possible to observe that the he risk of falling is directly associated with the fear of falling.
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