Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) in Greek community-dwelling adults living in rural, urban areas and Greek islands
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Development and initial validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I).
BACKGROUND There is a need for a measure of fear of falling that assesses both easy and difficult physical activities and social activities and is suitable for use in a range of languages and cultural contexts, permitting direct comparison between studies and populations in different countries and settings. OBJECTIVE To develop a modified version of the Falls Efficacy Scale to satisfy this ne...
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Objectives: To culturally adapt the Falls Efficacy Scale – International (FES-I) and assess its psychometric properties in a sample of community-dwelling elderly Brazilians. Methods: The instrument was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and culturally adapted to the Brazilian population (FES-I-Brazil) as recommended by the Prevention of Falls Network Europe. FES-I-Brazil was applied to 163 el...
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متن کاملFalls and fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults
Tuvemo Johnson, S. 2018. Falls and fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1396. 64 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-513-0156-3. Falls are the primary cause of injuries among older adults, and accidents that result from falls can lead to personal suffering and extensive soci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1877-0657
DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2014.03.611