Validity and Sensitivity to Change of the Falls Efficacy Scales International to Assess Fear of Falling in Older Adults with and without Cognitive Impairment | Zendy

Klaus Hauer | Zendy; Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen | Zendy; Michael Schwenk | Zendy; Lucy Yardley | Zendy; Nina Beyer | Zendy; Chris Todd | Zendy; P. Oster | Zendy; G. A. Rixt Zijlstra | Zendy

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Validity and Sensitivity to Change of the Falls Efficacy Scales International to Assess Fear of Falling in Older Adults with and without Cognitive Impairment

Author(s) -

Klaus Hauer,

Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen,

Michael Schwenk,

Lucy Yardley,

Nina Beyer,

Chris Todd,

P. Oster,

G. A. Rixt Zijlstra

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

gerontology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1423-0003

pISSN - 0304-324X

DOI - 10.1159/000320054

Subject(s) - fear of falling , dementia , discriminant validity , construct validity , falling (accident) , cognition , psychology , rehabilitation , poison control , geriatric rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , population , gerontology , physical therapy , injury prevention , medicine , clinical psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , medical emergency , disease , environmental health , internal consistency

Measures of fear of falling have not yet been validated in patients with dementia, leaving a methodological gap that limits research in a population at high risk of falling and fall-related consequences.

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