Validation of the iconographical falls efficacy scale in cognitively impaired older people

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1098-1102

  Delbaere, Kim ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,b   Taylor, Morag ^a,b   Wesson, Jacqueline ^c   Lord, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Falls; Fear of falling; Geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FALLS; FEAR; FEAR OF FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FALLS; FEAR OF FALLING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84882395817     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt007     Document Type: Article

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