TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Cross-cultural validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) in older people: results from Germany, the Netherlands and the UK were satisfactory
JO  - Disability and rehabilitation
A1  - Kempen, Gertrudis I. J. M.
A1  - Todd, C. J.
A1  - van Haastregt, Jolanda C. M.
A1  - Rixt Zijlstra, Gertrude A.
A1  - Beyer, N.
A1  - Freiberger, Ellen
A1  - Hauer, Klaus A.
A1  - Piot-Ziegler, Chantal
A1  - Yardley, L.
SP  - 155
EP  - 162
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - PURPOSE: To carry out a cross-cultural validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I), a 16-item modified version of the Falls Efficacy Scale that was developed to assess both easy and more complex physical and social activities, in a range of languages and different cultural contexts. METHOD: Data were collected in Germany (n = 94), The Netherlands (n = 193), and the UK (n = 178) in samples of older people living in the community. Four-week FES-I re-test data were collected in Germany and The Netherlands. Descriptive statistics and reliability estimates were computed as well as FES-I sum scores according to age, sex, falls history and fear of falling. RESULTS: Mean inter-item correlations were all above 0.38 and internal reliability estimates were all 0.90 or above. The intra-class correlation coefficients in the German and the Dutch sample were 0.79 and 0.82, respectively. As expected, FES-I scores were associated with age, sex, falls history and fear of falling. In addition, the FES-I discriminated between sub-groups somewhat better than the original ten-item FES scale. CONCLUSIONS: The FES-I has been shown to have acceptable reliability and construct validity in different samples in different countries and may be used in cross-cultural rehabilitation research and clinical trials.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0963-8288
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638280600747637
ID  - ref1
ER  -