[Life with fear of falling after hip fracture].
Elderly people who experienced hip fracture often experience complicated psychological reaction as well as decline in physical functions. In order to avoid falls and re-fractures, they limit various activities resulting to worsening physical performance. This article reports perception among the community dwelling elders who experienced hip fracture, it includes quotation from the interviews conducted with focus clients. Elders were always worried about falling and some avoid the activities that were major cause of hip fracture. Also, they complained of feeling a foreign substance coming dull pain resulting from the bipolar hip prosthesis. They were also worried about being bed-ridden so that they tried to expand their level of mobility, which tend to increase their risk of falling.
Soyano
Ayako
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Department of Community Health Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D005239:Fear; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000523:psychology*; D018577:Homebound Persons / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans