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| Discriminative and evaluative properties of the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale | | Author(s) | Anita M Myers, Paula C Fletcher, Ann H Myers |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 53A, no 4, July 1998 |
| Pages | pp M287-M294 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Exercise ; Care homes ; Residents [care homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Balance confidence is an important indicator of functional mobility and independence in older people. Preliminary psychometric evidence for the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale is promising, with a series of four studies adding information on the discriminative and evaluative properties of this tool. The original validation sample was re-interviewed one year later. In the second study, the ABC was administered to 475 older adults ranging from home care clients to highly functioning individuals in community exercise programmes. The third study compared 31 residents of residential care homes given a 10-week balance control exercise programme and fall education with 32 residents who received only fall education. The fourth study examined balance confidence pre- and post-operatively for 27 patients undergoing hip or knee replacement. ABC scores remained stable over 12 months in higher functioning older persons, but deteriorated in care home residents over 26 weeks. Balance training significantly improved balance confidence, as did hip or knee replacement with standard physical therapy. These results provide comparative benchmarks for researchers and clinicians. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981026416 A |
| Classmark | C4: CEA: KW: KX: 7T |
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