Psychometric Properties of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale and the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in Older Women

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 328 - 333
• Main Authors: Talley, Kristine M.C., Wyman, Jean F., Gross, Cynthia R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.02.2008; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Accidental Falls - prevention & control; Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Attitude to Health; balance confidence; Biological and medical sciences; Falls; Fear; Fear & phobias; fear of falling; Female; General aspects; Humans; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Older people; Postural Balance; Psychometrics; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; reliability; Reproducibility of Results; responsiveness to change; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; validity; Women; Human; Affect affectivity; fear of falling; Activity; Psychometrics; Emotion emotionality; Change; Properties; Equilibrium; Fear; Validity; Survey; Gerontology; Surveillance; Confidence; Female; balance confidence; Woman; Reliability; Elderly; responsiveness to change; Geriatrics

OBJECTIVES: To compare the psychometric properties of the Activities‐specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC) and the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE). DESIGN: Secondary analysis using baseline and 12‐week data from a randomized, controlled trial on fall prevention. SETT...