Rico Claudia Liliana Valencia, Curcio Carmen Lucía
Nursing Program, Catholic University of Manizales, Caldas, Colombia.
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Caldas, Caldas, Colombia.
Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2022 Jun;26(2):83-93. doi: 10.4235/agmr.22.0016. Epub 2022 Jun 8.
Fear of falling is a geriatric condition that must be understood from both a clinical perspective and from the environment in which older adults live. This review aimed to describe the scientific evidence reported in the last 5 years regarding the fear of falling in older adults and its relationship with environmental factors. The relationships between fear of falling and environmental factors are mainly evidenced in the built environment. Older adults with a fear of falling are described as perceiving the built environment as dangerous when they do not meet the requirements of safety, accessibility, and comfort; they also report the importance of living in communities with controlled crime levels and available social support for older adults to improve their insecurity and feelings of vulnerability.
害怕跌倒属于一种老年疾病，必须从临床角度以及老年人生活的环境这两方面来理解。本综述旨在描述过去5年里报道的关于老年人害怕跌倒及其与环境因素关系的科学证据。害怕跌倒与环境因素之间的关系主要体现在建筑环境方面。害怕跌倒的老年人认为，当建筑环境不符合安全、可达性和舒适性要求时，该环境就很危险；他们还指出，生活在犯罪率得到控制且能为老年人提供社会支持的社区对于改善他们的不安全感和易受伤害感非常重要。
