The Short FES-I: A shortened version of the falls efficacy scale-international to assess fear of falling

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-50

  Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^b   Van Haastregt, Jolanda C M ^a   Zijlstra, G A Rixt ^a   Beyer, Nina ^c   Hauer, Klaus ^d   Todd, Chris ^e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Elderly; Fear; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38549151812     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm157     Document Type: Article

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