ReviewJournal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls2021
Falls efficacy: Extending the understanding of self-efficacy in older adults towards managing falls.
Review in Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
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29 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Implementation of community-based fall prevention program for Thai older persons: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Balance confidence predicts incident injurious falls in older adults: a longitudinal study.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Personality Traits and Their Association With Falls and Fall-Related Psychological Concerns in Adults Aged 50 and Older: A Scoping Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Designing an effective fall preparedness and recovery program for older adults: an e-Delphi study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Multi-dimensional integrated dance therapeutics (MIDT) for fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Development of a short-form balance recovery confidence (SF-BRC) scale.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
- Reliability and validity of the balance recovery confidence scale in persons with stroke.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Development and Initial Validation of a Brief Multidimensional Falls Efficacy Scale.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2025Article
- Enhancing Self-Efficacy Through Robotic Safety Support in Balance-Challenging Reach Tasks: Feasibility Study in Young Adults.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025Article
- Existing psychological interventions addressing concerns about falling in older adults: a scoping review.Age and ageing · 2025Article
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- Assessing Falls Efficacy in Seniors: Important Insights in Hospital and Community Settings.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2025Article
- Convergent and predictive validity of the activities-specific balance confidence scales and balance recovery confidence scale, with regard to the falls efficacy scale-international: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- From research to practice: a pilot implementation study of a falls self-efficacy tool in a community hospital.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- About Falls Efficacy: A commentary on "World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative".Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2024Article
- Effects of virtual reality on balance in people with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Review
- Associations between monitor-independent movement summary (MIMS) and fall risk appraisal combining fear of falling and physiological fall risk in community-dwelling older adults.Frontiers in aging · 2024Article
- Concerns about falling in people with Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia: a scoping review of exercise interventions.Frontiers in dementia · 2024Article
- A concept analysis of fear of falling in older adults: insights from qualitative research studies.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Falls efficacy is a widely studied construct. The understanding of falls efficacy has evolved over time. Falls efficacy was initially perceived to be suitably used as a measure of fear of falling. However, further research suggested that falls efficacy and fear of falling are distinct constructs, and therefore, would be inappropriate to be used as a proxy. Instead, some researchers posited that falls efficacy is synonymous with balance confidence. Falls efficacy has been conventionally understood as the perceived ability of individuals to perform activities without losing balance or falling. A recently conducted systematic review by the authors on existing falls efficacy related measures had revealed a fresh perspective of recognising falls efficacy as a perceived ability to manage a threat of a fall. Falls efficacy, with a broadened interpreted construct, relates to the individual's perceived self-efficacy of performing necessary actions needed in different scenarios, including pre-fall, near-fall, fall-landing and completed fall. The conventional interpretation of falls efficacy needs a rethinking of perspective. An extended understanding of falls efficacy would provide an integral approach towards improving the agency of individual to deal with falls and would enhance person-centred care.
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