Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Falls Efficacy Scale in patients with Parkinson's disease in Serbia

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 936-941

  Gazibara, Tatjana ^a   Stankovic, Iva ^a   Tomic, Aleksandra ^a   Svetel, Marina ^a   Tepavcevic, Darija Kisic ^a   Kostic, Vladimir S ^a   Pekmezovic, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Falls Efficacy Scale; Parkinson's disease; Reliability; Serbia; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SERBIA; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; VALIDITY;

FALLS EFFICACY SCALE; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SERBIA; VALIDATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERBIA; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84885912206     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12034     Document Type: Article

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