ArticleBMC geriatrics2022
Reliability and validity of the fall risk self-assessment scale for community-dwelling older people in China: a pilot study.
Article in BMC geriatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Vision-Based Digital Twin and AI Agent Framework for Low-Cost, Explainable Indoor Building Inspection and Safety Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ballroom dance and balance ability in older adults: a serial mediation model of fear of falling and physical self-efficacy.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of the sarcopenia prevention behavior adherence scale for older adults - a mixed methods study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Distinguishing characteristics of falls among community-dwelling Cantonese-speaking older adults in Southern China: A community-based observational study.Journal of public health research · 2025Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation, validity, and reliability of fall risk questionnaire in to Amharic language.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Evaluating the reliability and validity of the geriatric assessment of disability scale in older adults undergoing hemodialysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Development and preliminary validation of the nutrition literacy scale for type 2 diabetes mellitus in China-a mixed methods study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Development and validation of the sarcopenia disease risk perception scale for older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Translation, validity and reliability of the fall risk scale for older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- A novel score for predicting falls in community-dwelling older people: a derivation and validation study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Fall risk question-based tools for fall screening in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of the literature.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2023Review
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Version of the Fall Risk Questionnaire.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundFalls are a common and serious public health issue among older adults, contributing to the loss of independence, psychological distress, and incapability to engage in meaningful occupations, etc. However, there is a lack of abundant information about the fall risk self-evaluation scale for community-dwelling older people. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the preliminary reliability and validity of the fall risk self-assessment scale (FRSAS) among community-dwelling older adults.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 230 individuals aged 65 years and over were recruited by a convenience sampling between October and December 2020 from three communities in Haidian district, Beijing. Eligible participants were required to fill in the general condition questionnaire and the fall risk self-assessment scale. The reliability and validity were analyzed by using SPSS 20.0.
resultsTwo hundred twenty-two participants completed the assessment as required (the completion rate was 96.52%). The most items of FRSAS were understood by older adults, which was completed in 10 min. Cronbach's α and intraclass correlation coefficient ICC (2,1) of the scale were 0.757 and 0.967 respectively, suggesting good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Exploratory factor analysis yielded 14 factors that explained 61.744% of the variance. Five items failed to be categorized into any factors because the factor loading of these items was less than 0.4. A future large-sample study needs to be conducted to explore its construct validity. The total scores and dimensional scores except for C-dimension showed significant differences between participants who had experienced a fall in the previous 6 months and those who had not (P < 0.05), indicating good discriminant validity.
conclusionsThe fall risk self-assessment scale including 41 items demonstrated relatively high feasibility as well as satisfactory results in the internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and discriminant validity.
trial registrationRegistration number: ChiCTR2000038856 ; Date of registration: 7 Oct 2020.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.