Validation of the falls efficacy scale-international in fall-prone older persons

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-259

  Helbostad, Jorunn Laegdheim ^a,b   Taraldsen, Kristin ^a   Granbo, Randi ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^c   Todd, Chris J ^d   Sletvold, Olav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EFFECT SIZE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LETTER; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORWAY; OBLIQUE ROTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; VARIMAX ROTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 77949417991     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp224     Document Type: Letter

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