PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To determine the extent to which falls occur in older adult patients with cancer; to identify how falls relate to depression, age, functional status, and cognition; and to develop a model for predicting falls. DESIGN Descriptive, prospective, quantitative. SETTING Patients in the Senior Adult Oncology Program at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. S...

introduction: falling is a common problem after stroke that occurs following the physical and psychological problems. psychological factors such as reduce of self-efficacy in maintain balance could have an equal or even greater contribution than physical problems in falling. therefore, having a suitable tool with acceptable repeatability seems to be necessary for evaluation of individual confid...

OBJECTIVE To identify the factors associated with the fear of falling in the older adultliving at home. METHOD Cross-sectional study with probabilistic sampling of older adultenrolled in two Family Health Strategies (FHS). The fear of falling was measured by the Brazilian version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International and by a household questionnairethat contained the explanatory variables...

BACKGROUND The correct identification of patients with Parkinson disease (PD) at risk for falling is important to initiate appropriate treatment early. OBJECTIVE This study compared the Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB) scale with the Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (Mini-BESTest) and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) to identify individuals with PD at risk for falls and to analyze which of the it...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) to quality of life (QOL) among nursing home residents. The subjects were 133 institutionalized women aged 70 years or older. They had comparatively intact cognitive function, with a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 15 or more, and could provide sufficient informed consent for a questionnaire...

Chronic conditions and falls are related issues faced by many aging adults. Stanford's Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) added brief fall-related content to the standardized 6-week workshop; however, no research had examined changes in Fall-related self-efficacy (SE) in response to CDSMP participation. This study explored relationships and changes in SE using the SE to manage chro...

BACKGROUND Activities-specific balance confidence (ABC) scale is a subjective measure of confidence in performing various ambulatory activities without falling or experiencing a sense of unsteadiness. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the ability of the Hindi version of the ABC scale (ABC-H scale) to discriminate between fallers and non-fallers and to examine its predictive validity for p...

The competitive nature of football can lead to various tensions and dramatic repercussions, presenting unique ethical challenges for all stakeholders involved. It is widely believed that a significant portion the displayed sportsmanship or unsportsmanlike behavior attitudes on field falls under responsibility coaches. Therefore, this study aims examine coaches' self-efficacy regarding through s...