Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of Short Falls Efficacy Scale International in Patients with Cerebral Infarction
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2015.12.015
- VernacularTitle:简明国际跌倒效能感量表在脑梗死患者中的信度和效度检验
- Author:
Ning DENG
;
Tong ZHANG
;
Baoxin SHI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cerebral infarction;
fear of falling;
falls efficacy;
reliability;
validity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2015;(12):1438-1442
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To introduce the Chinese version of short Falls Efficacy Scale International (short FES-I) and test its reliability and validity in patients with cerebral infarction. Methods The English version and the traditional Chinese version of short FES-I were ob-tained from the Prevention of Falls Network Europe, and the simplified Chinese version was developed after a further revision. A sample of 105 inpatients with cerebral infarction from December 2014 to May 2015 were recruited from 2 tertiary hospitals in Tianjin. They were in-vestigated with the simplified Chinese version of short FES-I, modified Falls Efficacy Scale (MFES), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). At the same time, the laboratory indexes of the patients were collected. Results The Cronbach'sαcoefficient of short FES-I was 0.98 and the score of short FES-I was negatively correlated with MFES (r=-0.41, P<0.001). Short FES-I was correlated wtih GAD-7 score (r=0.52, P<0.001), PHQ-9 score (r=0.46, P<0.001) and the level of C reaction protein (r=0.21, P=0.032), but uncorrelated with other laboratory indexes (P>0.05). There was significant difference in the score of short FES-I be-tween the patients with or without falling. Conclusion Short FES-I is valid and internal consistant, and can be used as an assessment tool to screen fear of falling among patients with cerebral infarction.
