Risk for physical dependence in community-dwelling older adults: The role of fear of falling, falls and fall-related injuries.
Catarina PereiraJorge BravoArmando Manuel Mendonça RaimundoPablo Tomas-CarusFelismina MendesFátima BaptistaPublished in: International journal of older people nursing (2020)
Understand the isolated interplay of FoF and previous falls and injuries on ADL dependence among older adults allows healthcare professionals to perform more accurate clinical evaluations and develop more successful interventions to prevent further dependence.