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A New Measure of Fear of Falling: Psychometric Properties of the Fear of Falling Questionnaire Revised (FFQ-R) [PDF]
International Psychogeriatrics, 2015 Background: Although fear of falling is prevalent among older adults recovering from hip fracture, current instruments are inadequate due to focus on specific situations and measurement of self-efficacy rather than fear.
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Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1996
To evaluate the measurement properties of an expanded version of the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES)-a measure of fear of falling. The original FES measures fear on almost exclusively indoor activities, which may limit the usefulness of the scale in identifying early stages of fear of falling in active community-dwelling older people.Two-group convenience ...
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To evaluate the measurement properties of an expanded version of the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES)-a measure of fear of falling. The original FES measures fear on almost exclusively indoor activities, which may limit the usefulness of the scale in identifying early stages of fear of falling in active community-dwelling older people.Two-group convenience ...
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Falls Efficacy as a Measure of Fear of Falling
Journal of Gerontology, 1990We developed the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES), an instrument to measure fear of falling, based on the operational definition of this fear as "low perceived self-efficacy at avoiding falls during essential, nonhazardous activities of daily living." The reliability and validity of the FES were assessed in two samples of community-living elderly persons ...
M E, Tinetti, D, Richman, L, Powell
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Nursing Standard, 2010
Fear of falling (FF) can be considered as a protective response to a real threat, preventing the elderly from performing activities with high risk of falling, but can also lead to a restriction of the activities that will result in a long-term adverse effect on social, physical or cognitive functions.
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Fear of falling (FF) can be considered as a protective response to a real threat, preventing the elderly from performing activities with high risk of falling, but can also lead to a restriction of the activities that will result in a long-term adverse effect on social, physical or cognitive functions.
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The Korean Data Analysis Society, 2023
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of fall experience, fear of fall, and activity limitations due to fear of fall on frailty in older people. This study used national data from the 8th Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging, and frailty index was assessed by 7 divisions and 41 items: self-health assessment, physical condition, mental ...
Wonhee Baek, Yoonjung Ji
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of fall experience, fear of fall, and activity limitations due to fear of fall on frailty in older people. This study used national data from the 8th Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging, and frailty index was assessed by 7 divisions and 41 items: self-health assessment, physical condition, mental ...
Wonhee Baek, Yoonjung Ji
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Qualitative Inquiry, 2014
This piece is an adaptation from my book, After a Fall: A Sociomedical Sojourn. It is an autoethnographic account of my first two days in a rehabilitation facility following ankle surgery. It introduces how class, gender, race, ethnicity, and aging intersect each other in the facility.
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This piece is an adaptation from my book, After a Fall: A Sociomedical Sojourn. It is an autoethnographic account of my first two days in a rehabilitation facility following ankle surgery. It introduces how class, gender, race, ethnicity, and aging intersect each other in the facility.
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The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review, 1994
(1994). Fear of Falling. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 27-39.
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(1994). Fear of Falling. The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 27-39.
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Fear of falling? No way! Perception of falls and fear of falling in wheelchair rugby players
Physiotherapy, 2015dynamic balance than those in need of assistance for walking. The correlation betweendynamic balance and fall-related self efficacy was low (r=−0.388). The PT’s experienced that the MiniBESTest was feasible for use in the rehabilitation setting.
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2010
OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of various risk factors on three functional outcomes during rehabilitation. SETTING: Geriatric inpatient rehabilitation unit. DESIGN:
Michael D, Denkinger +8 more
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OBJECTIVES: To examine the effects of various risk factors on three functional outcomes during rehabilitation. SETTING: Geriatric inpatient rehabilitation unit. DESIGN:
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Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2019 Daniel Schoene,1,2 Claudia Heller,1 Yan N Aung,1 Cornel C Sieber,1,3 Wolfgang Kemmler,2 Ellen Freiberger11Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany; 2Institute of Medical Physics ...
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