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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 Phelan
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • community dwelling
  • pain management
  • chronic pain
  • cognitive impairment
  • spinal cord injury