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KMID : 1034520210150010047
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Journal of Occupational Therapy for the Aged and Dementia
2021 Volume.15 No. 1 p.47 ~ p.53
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Comparison of Fall Efficacy and Social Participation according to Fall Experience of Elderly in Local Community
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Kim Si-Eun
Lee Hye-Jin
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of this study is to compare the fall efficacy and social participation according to the fall experience of the elderly in the local community, and to confirm the necessity of fall prevention education for the elderly in the local community through the correlation between the fall efficacy and social participation.
Methods : This study was conducted from October 15, 2019 to November 30, 2019, targeting 90 elderly people in t he local communit y aged 65 or older who lived in Busan and had no neurological damage. As a research tool, the fall efficacy sensitivity scale and the social participation scale were used, and 83 questionnaires excluding 7 invalid cases out of 90 subjects were analyzed, and the result analysis was analyzed using the t-test and Pearson's correlation analysis using spss ver. 23
Results : There was a significant difference in the fall efficacy score and the social participation score according to the presence or absence of a fall within the last 1 year(p<.01). In addition, the scores of the fall efficacy and social participation scale measured in the elderly in the community showed a significant positive correlation, indicating that the higher the fall efficacy, the higher the social participation(p<.01).
Conclusion : It is possible to confirm the importance of the development of fall prevention programs and institutional support that can increase the feeling of fall efficacy to promote the elderly's social participation.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, falls efficacy, social participation
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