FALLS EFFICACY AS A MEASURE OF FEAR OF FALLING
FALLS EFFICACY AS A MEASURE OF FEAR OF FALLING
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DOI：
10.1093/geronj/45.6.p239
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发表时间：
1990-11-01
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POWELL, L
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作者：
TINETTI, ME;RICHMAN, D;POWELL, L
我们开发了福尔斯效能量表（FES），这是一种测量跌倒恐惧的工具，基于对这种恐惧的操作定义，即“在日常生活的基本、非危险活动中避免福尔斯的自我效能感低”。“家庭功能评估系统的信度和效度是以两个社区长者为样本进行评估。 FES具有良好的重测信度（Pearson相关系数0.71）。 由于害怕跌倒而报告避免活动的受试者比不报告害怕跌倒的受试者具有较高的FES分数，代表较低的自我效能或信心。 FES评分的独立预测因素是通常的步行速度（身体能力的测量），焦虑和抑郁。 FES似乎是一个可靠和有效的方法来测量跌倒恐惧。 这个工具可能是有用的，在评估的独立贡献的恐惧下降的功能衰退的老年人。
We developed the Falls Efficacy Scale (FES), an instrument to measure fear of falling, based on the operational definition of this fear as "low perceived self-efficacy at avoiding falls during essential, nonhazardous activities of daily living." The reliability and validity of the FES were assessed in two samples of community-living elderly persons. The FES showed good test-retest reliability (Pearson's correlation 0.71). Subjects who reported avoiding activities because of fear of falling had higher FES scores, representing lower self-efficacy or confidence, than subjects not reporting fear of falling. The independent predictors of FES score were usual walking pace (a measure of physical ability), anxiety, and depression. The FES appears to be a reliable and valid method for measuring fear of falling. This instrument may be useful in assessing the independent contribution of fear of falling to functional decline among elderly people.