Klima Dennis W, Newton Roberta A, Keshner Emily A, Davey Adam
Dept. of Physical Therapy, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD.
J Aging Phys Act. 2013 Oct;21(4):375-86. doi: 10.1123/japa.21.4.375. Epub 2012 Nov 19.
Studies examining fear of falling among older adult men remain limited. The objectives of this study were to compare balance confidence in 2 age cohorts of older clergy and identify predictive determinants of balance confidence in a liturgical research initiative. Participants included 131 community-dwelling Roman Catholic priests age 60-97 yr living in religious communities in 10 mid-Atlantic states. Subjects completed the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), Berg Balance Scale (BBS), timed up-and-go (TUG) test, and 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Younger priests (60-74 yr) demonstrated a significantly higher ABC score than the older cohort (75 and above yr) of priests (89.1 ± 12.6 vs.78.4 ± 13.9, p = .001). Confidence was significantly correlated with BBS (rho = .69, p < .01), TUG (r = -.58, p < .01), and GDS (r = -.39, p < .01) scores. A stepwise-regression model demonstrated that balance ability, mood, assistive-device use, and physical activity predicted 52% of the variance in balance confidence.
针对老年男性跌倒恐惧的研究仍然有限。本研究的目的是比较两个年龄组的老年神职人员的平衡信心，并在一项礼拜仪式研究计划中确定平衡信心的预测决定因素。参与者包括131名年龄在60 - 97岁之间、居住在大西洋中部10个州宗教社区的罗马天主教社区牧师。受试者完成了特定活动平衡信心量表（ABC）、伯格平衡量表（BBS）、定时起立行走测试（TUG）以及15项老年抑郁量表（GDS）。较年轻的牧师（60 - 74岁）的ABC得分显著高于较年长的牧师组（75岁及以上）（89.1±12.6对78.4±13.9，p = 0.001）。信心与BBS得分（rho = 0.69，p < 0.01）、TUG得分（r = -0.58，p < 0.01）和GDS得分（r = -0.39，p < 0.01）显著相关。逐步回归模型表明，平衡能力、情绪、辅助设备使用和身体活动可预测平衡信心方差的52%。
