The association of fear of falling and physical and mental Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) among community-dwelling older persons; a cross-sectional study of Urban Health Centres Europe (UHCE)

Table 2 Association between Fear of Falling (categorical) and physical Health-Related Quality of Life

	Crude	P-value	Adjusted	P-value
	N = 2189		N = 2040
	Beta (95% CI)		Beta (95% CI)
Fear of falling (FoF)
FoF-low (ref.)	Ref		Ref
FoF-moderate	-7.57 (-8.54;-6.60)	< 0.001	-6.08 (-7.05;-5.11)	< 0.001
FoF-high	-17.50 (-18.60;-16.40)	< 0.001	-13.08 (-14.29;-11.86)	< 0.001

P-values are based on multivariable linear regression models
Crude model: categorical fear of falling, adjusted model: crude model adjusted for age, gender, country, level of education, living situation, alcohol risk, physical activity, smoking, fall in last 12 months and multi-morbidity
Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval, ref. Reference category

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