The short version of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale: Its validity, reliability, and relationship to balance impairment and falls in older adults
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The Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale.
BACKGROUND This study provides a replication of the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) and a head-to-head comparison with the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale designed to include a wider continuum of activity difficulty and more detailed item descriptors. METHODS Items for the newly developed 16-item ABC Scale were generated by 15 clinicians and 12 elderly outpatients. Psychometric ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0167-4943
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.06.003