Practicality, validity and sensitivity to change of fear of falling self-report in hospitalised elderly--a comparison of four instruments.
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RESHMA A. MERCHANT1, BINTAO LI2,3, KENG-BEE YAP4, TZE-PIN NG2,3,∗ 1Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore 2Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 3Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore Email: [email protected] 4Department of Geriatric Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore ∗To whom correspondence should be addressed
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Age and ageing
دوره 38 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009