Validation of the Perform-FES: a new fear of falling scale for hospitalized geriatric patients.

Cecilia Ferrer SolerClémence CuvelierMélany HarsFrançois R HerrmannAdrienne CharpiotCatherine Ducharne WieczorkiewiczOlivier BruyèreCharlotte BeaudartDina ZekryGabriel GoldAndrea Trombetti

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2020)

Findings suggest that the Perform-FES scale has good psychometric properties and may be a relevant tool to assess fear of falling in a geriatric hospitalized population. Future research should focus in particular on assessing the sensitivity to change and the predictive value of this scale in longitudinal studies, and its validity in other populations.

Keyphrases

psychometric properties
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
hip fracture
cross sectional
current status
prefrontal cortex