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Relationship Between Fear, Fall & Balance In Cummunity Dwelling Older Adults, Ayesha Afridi, Sadia Maqbool, Arshad Nawaz Malik
Relationship Between Fear, Fall & Balance In Cummunity Dwelling Older Adults, Ayesha Afridi, Sadia Maqbool, Arshad Nawaz Malik
Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)
Background:
In older population the risk of fall is always at high risk and there are many contributing factor which increase the prevalence of fall. The impaired balance leads to limited daily activities and confidence level.
Purpose of the study:
The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between fall, fear and balance in older population.
Method & methodology:
The descriptive cross sectional study design was used and a sample of 271 older adult were recruited through purpose sampling technique. The detail demographic was noted, history of fall and other related co-morbidities were mention in performa. The …