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Fear of falling and activity restriction
— the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE) | | Author(s) | Margie E Lachman, Jonathan Howland, Sharon Tennstedt |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 53B, no 1, January 1998 |
| Pages | pp P43-P50 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Mobility ; Living in the community ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article reports on the development of a new instrument which assesses fear of falling during performance of 11 activities, and gathers information about participation in these activities as well as the extent to which fear is a source of activity restriction. The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE) was tested among a sample of community-dwelling older people in Massachusetts, United States (US). Results showed that the instrument demonstrated good internal consistency reliability and showed convergent validity with other fear of falling measures. Concurrent (empirical) validity was demonstrated in that the scale was effective in differentiating among those who were expected to be afraid versus not afraid of falling. Fear of falling was shown to be related to lower quality of life, even when controlling for related background factors. One advantage of this measure is the possibility of differentiating fear of falling that leads to activity restriction from fear of falling that accompanies activity. This may provide useful information for those interested in treating fear of falling or promoting activity among older people. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980310405 A |
| Classmark | OLF: C4: K4: 4C: 7T |
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