@article{ref1,
title="The Chinese Short Version of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale: its validity, reliability, and predictive value for future falls in community-dwelling older adults",
journal="Clinical interventions in aging",
year="2022",
author="Zhang, Dongting and Tian, Fengmei and Gao, Wenjun and Huang, Yvfeng and Huang, Hui and Tan, Liping",
volume="17",
number="",
pages="1483-1491",
abstract="PURPOSE: To examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese short version of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale (ABC-6), and its predictive value for prospective falls in community-dwelling older adults. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 391 community older adults completed the prospective study. Internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, structural validity and discriminant validity were analyzed. To determine the accuracy of ABC-6 total score in predicting falls, a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was performed, and comparisons with the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale (ABC-16) and Berg Balance Scale (BBS) were made. <br><br>RESULTS: Excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.938) and test-retest reliability (ICC=0.964, 95% CI: 0.947-0.977) were found for the ABC-6. Exploratory factor analysis suggested that ABC-6 had a one-factor structure (explained variance, 68.30%). The optimal cutoff value, sensitivity and specificity of ABC-6 to distinguish fallers from non-fallers was ≤ 60.00%, 70.83% and 84.26%, respectively, and there was no significant difference in the predictive value among the ABC-6, ABC-16, and BBS. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The Chinese version of the ABC-6 scale was a valid and reliable tool for measuring self-perceived balance confidence in community-dwelling older adults, and can be used as an effective assessment tool to predict future falls.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1176-9092",
doi="10.2147/CIA.S380921",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S380921"
}