Concerns About Falling in Parkinson's Disease: Associations with Disabilities and Personal and Environmental Factors.

Summary, in English

Fear of falling can be conceptualized in different ways, e.g., as concerns about falling or low fall-related self-efficacy. It is common in people with Parkinson's disease (PD), and there is growing knowledge about its contributing factors. However, previous multivariate studies have mainly focused on fear of falling in relation to PD-related disabilities, and less is known about the associations between fear of falling and personal and environmental factors.

• Author: Stina Jonasson; Susann Ullén; Susanne Iwarsson; Jan Lexell; Maria H Nilsson
• Department/s: Rehabilitation medicine; Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group; MultiPark: Multidisciplinary research focused on Parkinson´s disease
• Publishing year: 2015
• Language: English
• Pages: 341-349
• Publication/Series: Journal of Parkinson's Disease
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Full text: - 83 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870024?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-140524
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: IOS Press
• Topic: Neurology
• Status: Published
• Project: Home, Health and Disability along the Process of Ageing; Home and health in people ageing with Parkinson's disease
• Research group: Rehabilitation medicine; Active and Healthy Ageing Research Group
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1877-718X