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Essay / Fear of Falling Essay - 1053
What seemed to be one of the least relevant factors was medication use compared to other risk factors. As shown in Table 1, it can be concluded that one of the main causes of fear of falls is old age. Most studies conducted have shown that women are at higher risk than their male counterparts. Other main findings included that the experience of previous falls, perceived inferior health status, and the existence of bodily pain led to FOF. The first article concluded that “the relationship between FOF and personal factors was in opposite directions for women and men.” (Pohl et al., 2014 Sweden) The following article found that "significant differences in activity levels between fallers and non-fallers and men who were afraid of falling or not afraid of falling were mediated by similar variables; lower exercise self-efficacy, fewer excursions outside the home, and more mobility difficulties. (Jefferis et al., 2014 United Kingdom) In Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling among elderly subjects living in the Korean community “a total of 76.6% of elderly Korean subjects were afraid of falling. Factors associated with an increased risk of fear of falling in older subjects were, from highest to lowest, previous experience of falling, experience of bodily pain, lower perceived health status, presence of depression, receiving more doses of medication per day while those receiving 1 to 2 or ≥3 doses of