Increased anxiety about falls and walking ability among community-dwelling Japanese older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Misa NakamuraMasakazu ImaokaHidetoshi NakaoMitsumasa HidaRyota ImaiFumie TazakiMasatoshi TakedaPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2021)
About 2 months after declaration of the first state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, social activity was severely restricted. Older adults showed almost no changes in body pain and locomotive disabilities, but increases in their anxieties about walking ability and falling were remarkable.