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ArticleArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2026

Brazilian version of the Fear of Falls Scale: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation.

Carla Marineli Saraiva do Amaral, André Borges Ferreira Gomes, Rafael Barbosa Mokdeci Surerus, Pedro Pigozzo Senra Lacerda, Vanessa Fernandes de Oliveira, Stephanie Suzanne de Oliveira Scott, Samuel Brito de Almeida, Walberto Silva Dos Santos, Thiago Cardoso Vale, Fernanda Martins Maia Carvalho and 1 more

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Carla Marineli Saraiva do AmaralUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0145-0770
André Borges Ferreira GomesHospital Geral de Fortaleza, Serviço de Neurologia, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0504-4072
Rafael Barbosa Mokdeci SurerusUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Juiz de Fora MG, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0008-8256-4833
Pedro Pigozzo Senra LacerdaUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Juiz de Fora MG, Brazil.ORCID 0009-0002-8615-7799
Vanessa Fernandes de OliveiraUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5583-3235
Stephanie Suzanne de Oliveira ScottUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6630-8743
Samuel Brito de AlmeidaUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6174-1839
Walberto Silva Dos SantosUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Psicologia, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6816-0105
Thiago Cardoso ValeUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Juiz de Fora MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6145-9868
Fernanda Martins Maia CarvalhoUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Centro de Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Psicologia, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6548-7268
Pedro Braga-NetoUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Fortaleza CE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9186-9243

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Abstract

Fear of falling can be present in the daily lives of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) due to their predisposition to falls.The main objective of this study was to translate the Fear of Falls Scale (FFS) into Brazilian Portuguese, adapt it cross-culturally, and validate it.A multicenter, cross-sectional study was conducted with PD patients fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, recruited from five research centers in Brazil. Descriptive analysis characterized the sample and compared the data. Cronbach's α and McDonald's ω coefficients were used to assess the internal consistency of the scale.No significant differences were observed between the translated versions T1 and T2. The B1 and B2 versions did not present significant divergences in the back-translation from the original scale. The Movement Disorder Society - Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) part III significantly correlated with motor skills (rho = 0.56, 0.43-0.67;

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Accidental FallsFearParkinson DiseaseAgedBrazilCross-Cultural ComparisonCross-Sectional StudiesCultural CharacteristicsFemaleHumansLanguageMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and Questionnaires

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