Assessing the relative and absolute reliability of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International questionnaire in elderly individuals with increased fall risk and the questionnaire's convergent validity in elderly women with osteoporosis

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1853-1858

  Halvarsson, A ^a,b   Franzen E ^a,b   Stahle A ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fear of falling; Osteoporosis; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALL RISK; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84878786080     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2197-1     Document Type: Article

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