Association Between Pain and Fall Worry Among Community-Dwelling Older People With Cognitive Impairment in the United States.
Yuanjin ZhouNamkee G ChoiTatiana SadakNayanika GhoshElizabeth A PhelanPublished in: Innovation in aging (2023)
These findings suggest pain and fall worry are common among community-dwelling older people with CI and can be elicited directly from those who are communicative. Fall prevention for this population should prioritize pain management to mitigate activity-limiting fall worry because activity limitation increases the risk of falls.