title: [The effects of fall prevention program on knowledge, self-efficacy, and preventive activity related to fall, and depression of low-income elderly women].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This research was conducted to determine the effects of a fall prevention program on knowledge, self-efficacy, prevention activity, and depression in the low-income elderly women.
  
  
  METHODS
  The design of this study was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. There were 22 subjects in the experimental group and 22 in the control group. A fall prevention program was performed for approximately 40 minutes, once a week for 6 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of this study were as follows: There were statistically significant differences of knowledge, self-efficacy, and prevention activity related to falls and depression between the experimental group and control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, the fall prevention program used in this study is appropriate for the elderly, therefore this program is strongly recommended for community-based health and welfare centers.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. krshin@ewha.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kyung Rim
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Su Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jeong Sun
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D020377:Self Efficacy