ArticleMedical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre2016
Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I).
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the measurement properties of concerns-about-falling instruments in older people and people at increased risk of falls.Age and ageing · 2023Pooled it
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- Cultural adaptation and validation of the Arabic short version of the Iconographical Falls Efficacy Scale (Icon-FES): Assessing concern about falling among older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
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- Multiple Long-Term Conditions and Disability are Independently Associated with Higher Risk of Fall Among Community Adults: a Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
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- The Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test is associated with both history of falls and fear of falling among community adults aged 50 years and older.Irish journal of medical science · 2023Article
- Number of medications and polypharmacy are associated with risk of fall in Saudi community-dwelling adults.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation of the Taiwan Chinese version of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International for community-dwelling elderly individuals.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Predictors of fear of falling among community-dwelling older adults: Cross-sectional study from Palestine.PloS one · 2022Article
- A New Tool for Safety Evaluation and a Combination of Measures for Efficacy Assessment of Cotransplanting Human Allogenic Neuronal Stem Cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Parkinson Disease: Protocol for an Interventional Study.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Effects of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Plantarflexors Spasticity, Gait Performance, and Self-Reported Health Outcomes in People With Chronic Stroke: A Study Protocol for a Double-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
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- Evaluation of Fear of Falling in Patients with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and the Importance of Inferior Visual Field Damage.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2020Article
- Evaluating the psychometric properties of the iconographical falls efficacy scale (ICON-FES).Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of an Arabic language version (Ar) of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) with respect to its use with Arabic-speaking elderly subjects. SUBJECTS AND
methodsFor cross-cultural adaptation, the translation of the original English version of the scale was conducted based on the protocol of the Prevention of Falls Network Europe (ProFaNE). The FES-I (Ar) was administered via face-to-face interviews to 108 community-dwelling elderly Palestinians (61 women and 47 men, aged 60-84 years). Statistical analyses were used to determine group differences with respect to age, gender and fall history. To assess validity, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used to examine the correlation between the total scores of FES-I (Ar) and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, gait speed and balance. Test-retest reliability between the two test occasions was assessed in accordance with Svensson's method.
resultsThe FES-I (Ar) total scores were positively correlated with TUG (r(s) = 0.641, p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with gait speed (r(s) = -0.670, p < 0.001) and balance (r(s) = -0.592, p < 0.001). All items of the FES-I (Ar) indicated a high percentage agreement (from 88 to 93%), and the relative position ranged from 0.01 to 0.06.
conclusionIn this study, the FES-I (Ar) was shown to be a comprehensible, valid and reliable measure of the concern about falling among community-dwelling elderly subjects. In clinical practice and future research, the FES-I (Ar) instrument could be used to effectively assess concern about falling in Arabic-speaking elderly persons.
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