Erratum to: Effectiveness of a home-based cognitive behavioral program to manage concerns about falls in community-dwelling, frail older people: results of a randomized controlled trial
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Author details Department of Health Services Research – Focusing on Chronic Care and Ageing, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, Maastricht, MD 6200, The Netherlands. Department of Methodology and Statistics, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Neuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Barker St, New South Wales, Australia. Research Group Health Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Effectiveness of a home-based cognitive behavioral program to manage concerns about falls in community-dwelling, frail older people: results of a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND Concerns about falls are common among older people. These concerns, also referred to as fear of falling, can have serious physical and psychosocial consequences, such as functional decline, increased risk of falls, activity restriction, and lower social participation. Although cognitive behavioral group programs to reduce concerns about falls are available, no home-based approaches f...
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