background:  falls is worldwide health problem among older adults. different scales have been introduced related to falls, including falls efficacy scale (fes) and activity-specific balance scale (abcs). persian version of these scale needs to be assessed for internal consistency. the aim of this study was to evaluate the internal consistency of persian version of fes and abcs. methods:  in thi...

background & aim: fear of fall is well-known risk factor for falls among senior citizens. however, the mechanism by which fear of falls can facilitate falls is not clear. this study hypothesized that falls self-efficacy can play a role in relationship between fear of falls and falls. there has been rapidly growing literature on falls among senior citizens, and however, the role of falls selfeff...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of use of external hip protectors on subjects' fear of falling and falls self-efficacy (belief in their own ability to avoid falling). DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Aged-care health services in Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 131 women aged 75 years or older, who had two or more falls or one fall requiring hospital admission in the previo...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine whether a multidirectional stepping training improves balance, gait ability, and falls efficacy in stroke patients. [Subjects] Firty patients who met the selection criteria and agreed to participate in research at hospital N were randomly allocated and enrolled in this study. Twenty of the subjects were assigned to an experimental group that ...

This study used Rasch methodology to pursue three goals. First, we sought to demonstrate the psychometric limitations of the Falls Efficacy Scale (Tinetti, Richman, & Powell, 1990). Second, we addressed these limitations using a simultaneous calibration of the Falls Efficacy Scale and Mobility Efficacy Scale items. Third, we review previous explorations of the self-efficacy construct in relatio...