Comparison of three established measures of fear of falling in community-dwelling older adults: Psychometric testing

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1313-1319

  Huang, Tzu Ting ^a   Wang, Woan Shyuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fear of falling; Psychometric evaluation; Responsiveness to change

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN;

EID: 67651230710     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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