The complexity of basophobia and aging: covariates and consequences

OBJECTIVE: The study aim is to determine the drug-induced incidence of baso-phobia, falls, its' related variables and the con-sequences among older adults.PATIENTS AND METHODS: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was adopted with 210 older adult samples. The tool consisted of 6 sections: a standardized, semi-structured questionnaire and physical examination. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.RESULTS: Among the study participants, 49% had falls or near falls and 51% had basophobia in the past 6 months. As per final simultaneous re-gression analysis model of the study, the covari-ates to activity avoidance were age (ss=-0.129, CI= -0.087 to-0.019), having >5 chronic diseases (ss=-0.086, CI=-1.41 to-1.182), depressive symptoms (ss=-0.09, CI=-0.089 to-0.189), vision impairment (ss=-0.075, CI=-1.28 to-1.56), basophobia (ss=-0.26, CI=-0.059 to-0.415), taking regular antihyperten-sives (ss=-0.096, CI=-1.21 to-1.56), oral hypoglyce-mics and insulin (ss=-0.17, CI=-0.442 to-0.971) and sedatives and tranquilizers (ss=-0.37, CI=-1.32 to-1.73). Use of antihypertensives (p<0.001), oral hy-poglycemics and insulin (p<0.01), sedatives and tranquilizers (p<0.001) were strongly associated with fall related to activity avoidance.CONCLUSIONS: The result of this current study suggests that the falls, basophobia and its related activity avoidance among elderly may set in a "vicious cycle" of falls, basophobia, and the numerous negative outcomes such as functional impairment, a decrease in quality of life, and hospitalization. Preventive strategies such as tittering dosage, home-and community-based exercises, cognitive behavioral therapy, yoga, meditation and sleep hygiene may be the choice to break this vicious cycle.