Abstract
This article sought to assess the fear of falling in a group of elderly people participating in a fall prevention program in a municipality in Alagoas. This is a cross-sectional study, carried out with data from participants in the outpatient clinic for the prevention of the risk of falls in the elderly in a hospital institution in northeastern Brazil. Data concerning fear of falling were analyzed using the Falls Eficacy Scale International - Brazil (FES-I). It was a sample composed of 51 individuals, where a predominance of the female gender was identified. The average age found was 69.8 years (sd = ± 9.32). The activities that represent the greatest fear were: Cleaning the house, going up and down stairs, walking on a slippery surface, walking on an uneven surface, going up and down hills. Multivariate model that best explains the variation in FES-I was a good perception of health, education and functional repercussion. The activities that represent greater fear in relation to the fall are those related to the environment that requires greater balance control for their performance.