Tan, Maw Pin and Nalathamby, Nemala and Mat, Sumaiyah and Tan, Pey June and Kamaruzzaman, Shahrul Bahyah and Morgan, Karen (2018) Reliability and Validity of the Short Falls Efficacy Scale International in English, Mandarin, and Bahasa Malaysia in Malaysia. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 87 (4). pp. 415-428. ISSN 0091-4150, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0091415017752942.
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While the prevalence of falls among Malaysian older adults is comparable to other older populations around the world, little is currently known about fear of falling in Malaysia. The Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) and short FES-I scales to measure fear of falling have not yet been validated for use within the Malaysian population, and are currently not available in Bahasa Malaysia (BM). A total of 402 participants aged ≥63 years were recruited. The questionnaire was readministered to 149 participants, 4 to 8 weeks after the first administration to determine test–retest reliability. The original version of the 7-item short FES-I is available in English, while the Mandarin was adapted from the 16-item Mandarin FES-I. The BM version was translated according to protocol by four experts. The internal structure of the FES-I was examined by factor analysis. The 7-item short FES-I showed good internal reliability and test–retest reliability for English, Mandarin, and BM versions for Malaysia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya Grand Challenge fund GC002–14HTM |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | falls; older adults; ethnicity; short FES-I |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Feb 2019 03:30 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2019 03:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/20529 |
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