Validity and sensitivity to change of the falls efficacy scales international to assess fear of falling in older adults with and without cognitive impairment

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 462-472

  Hauer, Klaus A ^a   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^b   Schwenk, Michael ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^c   Beyer, Nina ^d   Todd, Chris ^e   Oster, Peter ^a   Zijlstra, G A Rixt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Cognition disorder; Dementia; Fear of falling; Frail elderly; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALL EFFICACY SCALE; FALL EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT FALL EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 80052440211     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320054     Document Type: Article

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