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Functional Restriction for the Fear of Falling In Family Caregivers

Hip fractures often result from falls, and most family caregivers fear another fall. This study aimed to assess this fear in family caregivers and analyze its influence on functional recovery. This study was retrospectively performed by interview at the clinic or through telephone contact. The Falls...

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Autores principales: Shen, Jing, Hu, Fangke, Liu, Fucun, Tong, Peijian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504619/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26166092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000001090
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description Hip fractures often result from falls, and most family caregivers fear another fall. This study aimed to assess this fear in family caregivers and analyze its influence on functional recovery. This study was retrospectively performed by interview at the clinic or through telephone contact. The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) was used to assess fall-related feelings of patients and their family caregivers. Of the 539 patients studied, hip fracture was caused by a fall in 467 (86.6%). The mean FES-I value of the family caregivers was significantly lower than that of the patients (85.39 versus 99.02, P < 0.001). The mean patient functional recovery score (FRS) was 68.41. A fracture caused by a fall and recurrent fall-related fractures both reduced caregiver FES-I scores. The difference between patient and caregiver FES-I scores showed a significant positive correlation with the FRS (P < 0.001). Family caregivers were more concerned about falls than were patients. Furthermore, a greater difference in the fall-related reaction between caregivers and patients was associated with greater adverse effects on rehabilitation.
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spelling pubmed-45046192015-08-05 Functional Restriction for the Fear of Falling In Family Caregivers Shen, Jing Hu, Fangke Liu, Fucun Tong, Peijian Medicine (Baltimore) 3500 Hip fractures often result from falls, and most family caregivers fear another fall. This study aimed to assess this fear in family caregivers and analyze its influence on functional recovery. This study was retrospectively performed by interview at the clinic or through telephone contact. The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) was used to assess fall-related feelings of patients and their family caregivers. Of the 539 patients studied, hip fracture was caused by a fall in 467 (86.6%). The mean FES-I value of the family caregivers was significantly lower than that of the patients (85.39 versus 99.02, P < 0.001). The mean patient functional recovery score (FRS) was 68.41. A fracture caused by a fall and recurrent fall-related fractures both reduced caregiver FES-I scores. The difference between patient and caregiver FES-I scores showed a significant positive correlation with the FRS (P < 0.001). Family caregivers were more concerned about falls than were patients. Furthermore, a greater difference in the fall-related reaction between caregivers and patients was associated with greater adverse effects on rehabilitation. Wolters Kluwer Health 2015-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4504619/ /pubmed/26166092 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000001090 Text en Copyright © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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