epidemiology and relationship of falls and fear of falling in elderly at Kamrani nursing home inTehran

Fear of falling may restrict activities that can increase risk of falls. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of fall and fear of falling and their relationship. This descriptive cross sectional study was performed on 160 institutionalized old people (130 females, 30 males) with aged 65 and older that enrolled by all number of sampling. after receiving informed consent. Data were collected by demographic and illness form, fall frequency form and FSE questionnaire. Descriptive statistics for data classification and inferential statistics including one-way ANOVA, t-test and Pearson correlation were used for data analys. Validity and reliability of FSE questionnaire was confirmed after analyzing (Cronbach's alpha = 95%).It should be noted that the level of significance in this study is considered 0/05. Among 160 subjects, the majority of the elderly were women (81/2%) and with mean (SD) of age 67/63 ± 9/07 years. mean and SD of fall was 2.6 ± 0.85. 46/9% of the elderly have fallen three times in the past six months, while the majority of the elderly (76/2%), have moderate fear of falling. there was significant difference Between sex and using of drugs with the number of falls (p< 0.001). Between fear of falling and sex (p< 0.05) and residence time(p= 0.02) significant difference was seen. Pearson correlation showed a significant relationship between the number of falls and fear of falling With confidence of 99 percent. (p< 0.001). Due to the prevalence of falls and fear of falling in elderly and direct relationship with each other plan should be done for prevention and control them to improve the welfare of elderly life.