Assessing Older Adults' Readiness For Adopting Fall Prevention Recommendations Using the Transtheoretical Stages of Change.

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• Alternative Title:
  Journal of Applied Gerontology : the Official Journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2025, v. 44, no. 5: Assessing Older Adults' Readiness For Adopting Fall Prevention Recommendations Using the Transtheoretical Stages of Change.
• Journal Article:
  Journal of Applied Gerontology : the Official Journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
• Personal Author:
  Mark, Janice A. ; Henry, Ankita ; Moreland, Briana ; Dobash, Dawson ; Bergen, Gwen
• Description:
  Reducing fall risk requires older adults (age 65+) to adopt effective prevention strategies. This study has three aims: 1) understand Stage of Change (SOC) for three fall prevention strategies; 2) determine strategies older adults' use; and 3) understand which characteristics relate to readiness to take action.
  
  A survey of 1063 older adults assessed fall risk, SOC, and use of fall prevention strategies. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and regression analysis.
  
  The most common SOC for older adults by strategy was
  
  for overall fall prevention (61%),
  
  for medication management (45%), and
  
  and
  
  for strength/balance (29% each). Believing falls are preventable was most strongly related to being in a
  
  stage (e.g.,
  
  ) for overall fall prevention (Risk Ratio: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.7).
  
  Health promotion can focus on increasing knowledge of evidence-based fall prevention strategies to encourage older adults to take action.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Accidental Falls
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Male
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Risk Assessment
  • Geriatric Assessment
• Keywords:
  • strength and balance
  • exercise
  • medication
  • unintentional falls
  • older adults
• Source:
  Journal of Applied Gerontology : the Official Journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2025, v. 44, no. 5
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241289933
• ISSN:
  0733-4648 ; 1552-4523
• Pubmed ID:
  39439095
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC12012151
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U50 OE000009/OE/OSELS CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  726-736 (20 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261962/cdc_261962_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 255.85 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:17aa82f9a76413397bd6ff48cdbb88cd42381bbefc1a230052dce48d5f7c831186e97688d382e463d0b7fc1f84f01947512edf61fb413909ba226d39cf619067