What seemed to be one of the least relevant factors was taking medications compared to other risk factors. As seen in Table 1, it can be concluded that one of the main causes of fear of falling is advanced age. Most studies conducted have shown that women are at a higher risk than their male counterparts. Some other key findings included that experiencing previous falls, lower perceived health status, and the existence of body 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 next article found that “significant differences in activity levels between those who fell and did not fall, and men who were afraid of falling or not afraid of falling, were mediated by variables similar; lower self-efficacy in physical exercise, fewer excursions from home and greater mobility difficulties”. (Jefferis et al., 2014 UK) In the study Prevalence and correlates of fear of falling in community-dwelling Korean elderly subjects “in total, 76.6% of Korean elderly subjects were afraid of falling. Factors associated with an increased risk of fear of falling in elderly subjects were, in order from highest to lowest, previous experience of falling, experience of body pain, lower perceived health status, presence of depression, taking multiple doses of medications per day for those receiving 1-2 or ≥ 3 doses of
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