Reliability and validity of the visual analogue scale for fear of falling in older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2228-2230

  Scheffer, Alice C ^a   Schuurmans, Marieke J ^b   Vandijk, Nynke ^a   Van Der Hooft, Truus ^b   De Rooij, Sophia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALLING; FEAR; FEAR OF FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78449296695     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03105.x     Document Type: Letter

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