The Short FES-I: a shortened version of the falls efficacy scale-international to assess fear of falling.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:the 16-item Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) has been shown to have excellent reliability and construct validity. However, for practical and clinical purposes, a shortened version of the FES-I would be useful. OBJECTIVE:to develop and validate a shortened version of FES-I while preserving good psychometric properties. DESIGN:initial development of a shortened version using data from a UK survey (Short FES-I; n = 704), test of reliability and validity of the Short FES-I using data from a Dutch survey (n = 300). SETTING:community samples. METHODS:comparison of reliability and validity of the Short FES-I and the FES-I in a random sample of 193 people aged between 70 and 92. RESULTS:the internal and 4-week test-retest reliability of the Short FES-I is excellent (Cronbach's alpha 0.92, intra-class coefficient 0.83) and comparable to the FES-I. The correlation between the Short FES-I and the FES-I is 0.97. Patterns in differences with respect to mean scores according to age, sex, falls history, and overall fear of falling are similar for the Short FES-I and the FES-I. The FES-I had slightly better power to discriminate between groups differentiated by age, sex, falls history, and fear falling, but differences are small. CONCLUSIONS:the Short FES-I is a good and feasible measure to assess fear of falling in older persons. However, if researchers or clinicians are particularly interested in the distributions of specific fear of falling-related activities not included in the Short FES-I, the use of the full FES-I is recommended.

journal_name

Age Ageing

journal_title

Age and ageing

authors

Kempen GI,Yardley L,van Haastregt JC,Zijlstra GA,Beyer N,Hauer K,Todd C

doi

10.1093/ageing/afm157

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

45-50

issue

1

eissn

0002-0729

issn

1468-2834

pii

afm157

journal_volume

37

pub_type

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