Concern about falling is a persistent feeling related to your risk of falling during daily activities. This can influence your actions by restricting activities that you are capable of performing. Concern about falling is common and occurs in both people who have fallen in the past and people who have not. About half of all people aged 65 and over are concerned about falling to some extent.
Some examples:
Thoughts: “If I go to the supermarket, I will fall and break my hip.”
Feelings: “I am worried about going to the supermarket.”
Actions: “I will not go to the supermarket.”
Concern about falling can include beliefs that we will fall doing a certain activity, which is more than our actual risk of falling in that situation.