The status and influencing factors of fear of falling in patients with first ever cerebral infarction
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2016.04.006
- VernacularTitle:首发脑梗死患者跌倒恐惧状况及其影响因素的研究
- Author:
Ning DENG
;
Tong ZHANG
;
Baoxin SHI
;
Ying CHEN
;
Yunyan HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Infarction,middle cerebral artery;
Accidental falls;
Fear;
Falls efficacy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2016;32(4):261-265
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of fear of falling (FOF) in patients with first ever cerebral infarction. Methods A sample of 105 inpatients with cerebral infarction were recruited from two tertiary hospitals in Tianjin (Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM) to complete this research. They were investigated with the simplified Chinese version of Falls Efficacy Scale International-short (FES-Is), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Barthel Index Rating Scale (BI) and Functional Ambulation Category Scale (FAC). Results The total score of FES-Is was 15.38±7.45. Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that age, marital status, fall history, walking ability and anxiety were important factors of FOF. Conclusions Clinical staff should guide the patients with first cerebral infarction especially who had a history of falling to take active and effective measures to deal with their FOF, and pay more attention on patients who was elderly, without a spouse, assisted walking and anxiety, to release their FOF, prevent the falling and promote the functional recovery of patients.
