Background and Objectives: The elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis are at higher risk for falling and its critical outcomes compared with their healthy counterparts. Falls can lead to the individual becoming fearful of experiencing subsequent falls. Yet little is known about the fear of falling in this high risk population. The present study aimed to assess the fear of falling and its contributing factors in the elderly patients with the history of falls undergoing hemodialysis, who referred to the hospitals in Tehran city in 2021 Methods: In this descriptive analytic cross sectional study, which was performed on 197 patients undergoing hemodialysis referring to Tehran city hospitals in 2021. Patients were selected with convenience sampling. The instruments for data collection was demographic characteristics scale, Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) . Data analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential tests and was shown via SPSS v.21 software. Results: Mean age of participants was 70.02±8.12 years and (63.5%) were men. Mean Falls Efficacy Scale-International Score was 35.29±13.54 points, which is consistent with a high fear of falling. There was consisten
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