s were discussed with a gender relational
approach. Results: At baseline 55% women (n ¼ 92) and 22% men (n ¼ 14) reported FOF. During
the follow-up 21% women (n ¼ 35) and 30% men (n ¼ 19) experienced recurrent falls. There
was an association between gender and FOF (p ¼ 0.001), but not between FOF and recurrent
falls (p ¼ 0.79), or between gender and recurrent falls (p ¼ 0.32). FOF was related to Personal
factors and Activity and Participation. The relationship between FOF and Personal factors was in
opposite directions for women and men. Conclusions: Results did not support the prevailing
paradigm that FOF increases rate of recurrent falls in community-dwelling people, and
indicated that the answer to ‘‘Are you afraid of falling?’’ might be highly influenced by
gendered patterns.