The assessment of fear of falling with the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I). Development and psychometric properties in Dutch elderly;Het meten van angst om te vallen met de Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I). Achtergrond en psychometrische kenmerken

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 204-212

  Kempen, G I J M ^a   Zijlstra, G A R ^b   Van Haastregt, J C M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Postbus 616 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548725056     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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