TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship of memory, reasoning, and speed of processing on falling among older adults
AU - Vance, David E.
AU - Ross, Lesley A.
AU - Crowe, Michael G.
AU - Wadley, Virginia G.
AU - Edwards, Jerri D.
AU - Ball, Karlene K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The ACTIVE study was supported by grants from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Nursing Research to Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged U01 NR04507, Indiana University School of Medicine U01 NR04508, Johns Hopkins University U01 AG14260, New England Research Institutes U01 AG14282, Pennsylvania State University U01 AG14263, University of Alabama-Birmingham U01 AG14289 & 1 R03 AG023078-01, and University of Florida U01 AG014276. The authors would like to thank the entire ACTIVE team. The Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility is supported by an Edward R. Roybal Center grant 5 P30 AG022838. Karlene Ball is a stockholder and consultant to Visual Awareness, Inc., the company that owns the patents to the Useful Field of View test and the speed of processing training program software. David Vance, Virginia Wadley, and Jerri Edwards have worked as consultants to Visual Awareness, Inc.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Older adults are at higher risk of falling and of suffering greater devastating effects from such falls. The objective of this study was to longitudinally examine predictors for risk of falling such as cognitive composites (reasoning, memory, speed of processing) along with traditional predictors. Data on falls, cognition, objective functional tests, visual acuity, and demographics were collected on older adults at baseline (n = 698) and at a two-year annual follow-up (n = 550). By using hierarchical multiple regression, we found that older age, being an older Caucasian woman, poorer performance on Turn 360 at baseline, and having a better memory at baseline predicted higher reports of falling in the past two months at the two-year annual follow-up. These results confirm prior findings except for memory; however, better memory as a predictor of falls may indicate that there is a recall bias dependent on memory function.
AB - Older adults are at higher risk of falling and of suffering greater devastating effects from such falls. The objective of this study was to longitudinally examine predictors for risk of falling such as cognitive composites (reasoning, memory, speed of processing) along with traditional predictors. Data on falls, cognition, objective functional tests, visual acuity, and demographics were collected on older adults at baseline (n = 698) and at a two-year annual follow-up (n = 550). By using hierarchical multiple regression, we found that older age, being an older Caucasian woman, poorer performance on Turn 360 at baseline, and having a better memory at baseline predicted higher reports of falling in the past two months at the two-year annual follow-up. These results confirm prior findings except for memory; however, better memory as a predictor of falls may indicate that there is a recall bias dependent on memory function.
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U2 - 10.1080/02703180802377123
DO - 10.1080/02703180802377123
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68249103578
SN - 0270-3181
VL - 27
SP - 212
EP - 228
JO - Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics
JF - Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics
IS - 3
ER -