Association between preoperative fear of falling and mortality after hip fracture surgery in older adults: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective cohort.
PURPOSE To examine whether preoperative fear of falling, measured with the modified Falls Efficacy Scale (mFES), is associated with short-term (30-day) and long-term (3-year) postoperative mortality in older adults undergoing hip fracture surgery. METHODS This post-hoc analysis was based on a prospective observationa...