@article{ref1,
title="Categorizing fear of falling using the survey of activities and fear of falling in the elderly questionnaire in a cohort of hospitalized older adults: a cross-sectional design",
journal="International journal of nursing studies",
year="2021",
author="Brodowski, Hanna and Strutz, Nicole and Mueller-Werdan, Ursula and Kiselev, Joern",
volume="126",
number="",
pages="e104152-e104152",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Fear of falling is commonly assessed using the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale which is an instrument to measure balance confidence, based on the assumption that fear of falling is due to the absence of balance confidence. The &quot;Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly&quot; measures the concept of fear of falling more directly on a scale of 0.0 and 3.0 points. However, there are no valid cut-off points that might help practitioners to interpret &quot;Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly&quot; scores. The aim of this study was to identify such cut-off points and distinguish between low, moderate and high fear of falling, in relation to balance confidence. <br><br>METHOD: In this cross-sectional study different cut-off point schemes for classifying fear of falling scores as low, moderate or high were compared with F-values in ANOVA using the cut-off point scheme as an independent variable and the balance confidence scores as a dependent variable. The analysis was performed using data from a cohort of 98 hospitalized older adults. <br><br>RESULTS: Using the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale as a reference tool, values of 0.6 and 1.4 were identified as optimal cut-off points for low, moderate and high fear of falling. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study was the first to systematically classify fear of falling using the &quot;Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly&quot;. This classification can assist health practitioners to interpret fear of falling score and guide clinical decision making. Registration: The study is registered with the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00010773, date of registration 2016/05/07, date of recruitment 2016/11/07).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7489",
doi="10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104152",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.104152"
}