Table 1

Scores of Knowledge, Fear and Efficacy of Fall

Table 2

Differences in Knowledge, Fear and Efficacy of Fall according to the Demographic Factors (N=101)

^†Turkey's test.

Table 3

Differences in Knowledge, Fear and Efficacy of Fall according to the Health Related Factors (N=101)

Table 4

Correlations among Knowledge, Fear and Efficacy of Fall

NOTES

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology(2009-0068282).

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