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KMID : 0858820200370050011
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Journal of Korean Society for Health Education and Promotion
2020 Volume.37 No. 5 p.11 ~ p.21
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Relationship between physical health and the fear of falling among older people: Moderation of living in an age-friendly home environment
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Han Ji-Na
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between age-friendly home environments and fear of falling among older Korean people and the moderation of age-friendly home environments in the relationship between physical health and fear of falling.
Methods: A total of 10,450 community-dwelling older individuals who were 65 years old and over from the Survey of Living Conditions of Korean Older Persons were included. Logistic regression models were tested.
Results: Older individuals living in age-friendly home environments were less likely to have a fear of falling. Although worse health conditions were positively related to the fear of falling, age-friendly home environments reduced the impact of self-rated health and vision impairment on the fear of falling.
Conclusion: These results suggest that home modification in an age-friendly manner might be necessary to prevent fear of falling among older people with physical health difficulties. Proving the information that age-friendly home environments are related to fear of falling is also essential when health education is conducted for older people.
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KEYWORD
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environmental press theory, fear of falling, age-friendly home environments, physical health, older people
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