Characteristics of community-dwelling older adults with fall experience who have low fall self-efficacy relative to balance ability
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- Junen Hirotaka
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences，Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Nakaji Eri
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences，Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Ono Nanami
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences，Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Mori Takumi
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences，Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Yamaguchi Hideaki
- 株式会社アイシン
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- Matsuo Nana
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences，Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Kodama Takayuki
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences，Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Abiko Teppei
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences，Kyoto Tachibana University
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- バランス能力に対して転倒自己効力感が低い 転倒経験のある地域在住高齢者の特徴
- バランス ノウリョク ニ タイシテ テントウ ジコ コウリョクカン ガ ヒクイ テントウ ケイケン ノ アル チイキ ザイジュウ コウレイシャ ノ トクチョウ
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Abstract
<p>This study aimed to identify the characteristics of elderly people with fall experience who have low fall self-efficacy relative to balance ability. A total of 144 community-dwelling elderly participants were included in the study and their fall selfefficacy was assessed using the Falling Self-Efficacy Scale (FSE) and their history of falls in the past year. Then, the balance ability was evaluated using the Mini-BESTest. No significant differences were observed between the non-fall and fall groups in the MiniBESTest and FSE scores. In the fall group, those with a balance ability that matched their fall self-efficacy (matched group) were compared with those with fall self-efficacy lower than their balance ability (discrepant group). The results showed that the discrepant group showed significantly lower scores in the total score of FSE, “crouching,” “walking in shoes that are difficult to walk in,” and “climbing stairs without handrails” than the matched group, and the effect sizes of these items were larger. These results suggest that community-dwelling elderly people with low fall self-efficacy for balance ability have lower self-efficacy for activities they have few experiences in daily life.</p>
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy
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Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy 13 (1), 35-39, 2023-06-12
Japan Society of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy
