Citation

Tan MP, Nalathamby N, Mat S, Tan PJ, Kamaruzzaman SB, Morgan K. Int. J. Aging Hum. Dev. 2018; 87(4): 415-428.

Affiliation

Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0091415017752942

PMID

29359579

Abstract

While the prevalence of falls among Malaysian older adults is comparable to other older populations around the world, little is currently known about fear of falling in Malaysia. The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) and short FES-I scales to measure fear of falling have not yet been validated for use within the Malaysian population, and are currently not available in Bahasa Malaysia (BM). A total of 402 participants aged ≥63 years were recruited. The questionnaire was readministered to 149 participants, 4 to 8 weeks after the first administration to determine test-retest reliability. The original version of the 7-item short FES-I is available in English, while the Mandarin was adapted from the 16-item Mandarin FES-I. The BM version was translated according to protocol by four experts. The internal structure of the FES-I was examined by factor analysis. The 7-item short FES-I showed good internal reliability and test-retest reliability for English, Mandarin, and BM versions for Malaysia.

Language: en

Keywords

ethnicity; falls; older adults; short FES-I