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Patient-Reported, Not Performance Based, Outcome Measures Are Correlated With Future Falls In Community Dwelling Older Adults, Alex Carr Spt, Hannah Johnson Spt, Elise Whisler Spt, Holly Roberts Pt, Phd
Patient-Reported, Not Performance Based, Outcome Measures Are Correlated With Future Falls In Community Dwelling Older Adults, Alex Carr Spt, Hannah Johnson Spt, Elise Whisler Spt, Holly Roberts Pt, Phd
Physical Therapy Research Symposium
Background: One-third of community-dwelling older adults fall at least once a year, yet many commonly used performance-based outcome measures for falls have ceiling effects. Additionally, psychological factors such as fear of falling and avoidance behaviors may contribute to fall risk.
Purpose: To determine whether balance confidence, fear of falling avoidance behaviors, or performance on high-level mobility outcome measures can predict falls in community-dwelling older adults.
Methods: Eighty-nine participants (76 ± 7 years) completed the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), Fear of Falling Avoidance Behaviors Questionnaire (FFABQ), Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), and Community Balance & Mobility Scale (CB&M) and then recorded …