Fear of falling: Psychometric aspects of Tinetti's Falls Efficacy Scale;Angst om te vallen: Psychometrische aspecten van Tinetti's Falls Efficacy Scale

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-10

  Bosscher, R J ^a   Raymakers, E R P M ^b   Tromp, E A M ^c   Smit, J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BovenlJ Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^c GGD Midden ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TINETTI FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 18344376549     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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