Development and Initial Validation of the Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale
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Development and initial validation of the Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale.
BACKGROUND Fear of falling scales typically have a strong floor effect in active people and use short phrases to state overall context of fear-related activities. We developed the Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale (Icon-FES), which includes more demanding activities and uses pictures to provide more complete environmental contexts. METHODS Two-hundred and fifty community-dwelling older peop...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1079-5006,1758-535X
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr019