Code
01P00105
Duration
15 October 2007 → 24 October 2008
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Health psychology
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Medical and health sciences
- Social gerontology
- Health promotion and policy
- Medical device usage
- Social gerontology
Keywords
fear of falling
gerontology
risk taking
older people
Project description
The aims of the project are: (1) to determine incidence and prevalence of maladaptive fear of falling in older people, (2) to determine what distinguishes older people with and without maladaptive fear of falling on physiological and psychological factors, (3) to examine correction of fear of falling after exposure to fear-inducing activities, (4) to develop a fear-anxiety-avoidance model of falls in older people.