41 Age Modifies the Association between Apathy ANND Recurrent Falling in Dutch Ambulant Older Persons with a High Fall Risk

Abstract Apathy, a common and disabling behavioural syndrome in older persons, has been associated with impaired physical performance and executive dysfunction. Both are fall risk factors and they share pathophysiological pathway. We cross-sectionally examined the association between apathy and recurrent falling (≥2 falls in the past 12 months) and number of falls in the past 12 months in 243 outpatients aged ≥ 65 years with ≥3 fall risk-factors visiting a fall-clinic after a fall. We calculated Odds Ratio’s (ORs), Incidence Rate Ratio’s (IRRs) and their 95% Confidential Intervals (CI95) using... Mehr ...