Geriatric fear of falling measure: Development and psychometric testing

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-365

  Huang, Tzu Ting ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fear of falling; Instrument development; Psychometric evaluation; Taiwanese elders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

EID: 32244432525     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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