Kempen Gertrudis I J M, Todd Chris J, Van Haastregt Jolanda C M, Zijlstra G A Rixt, Beyer Nina, Freiberger Ellen, Hauer Klaus A, Piot-Ziegler Chantal, Yardley Lucy
Department of Health Care Studies, Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Disabil Rehabil. 2007 Jan 30;29(2):155-62. doi: 10.1080/09638280600747637.
To carry out a cross-cultural validation of the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I), a 16-item modified version of the Falls Efficacy Scale that was developed to assess both easy and more complex physical and social activities, in a range of languages and different cultural contexts.
Data were collected in Germany (n = 94), The Netherlands (n = 193), and the UK (n = 178) in samples of older people living in the community. Four-week FES-I re-test data were collected in Germany and The Netherlands. Descriptive statistics and reliability estimates were computed as well as FES-I sum scores according to age, sex, falls history and fear of falling.
Mean inter-item correlations were all above 0.38 and internal reliability estimates were all 0.90 or above. The intra-class correlation coefficients in the German and the Dutch sample were 0.79 and 0.82, respectively. As expected, FES-I scores were associated with age, sex, falls history and fear of falling. In addition, the FES-I discriminated between sub-groups somewhat better than the original ten-item FES scale.
The FES-I has been shown to have acceptable reliability and construct validity in different samples in different countries and may be used in cross-cultural rehabilitation research and clinical trials.
对国际跌倒效能量表（FES-I）进行跨文化验证。FES-I是跌倒效能量表的一个16项修订版，旨在评估简单及更复杂的身体和社交活动，研究涉及多种语言和不同文化背景。
在德国（n = 94）、荷兰（n = 193）和英国（n = 178）收集社区老年人群样本的数据。在德国和荷兰收集了FES-I四周的重测数据。计算描述性统计量和可靠性估计值，并根据年龄、性别、跌倒史和跌倒恐惧计算FES-I总分。
平均项目间相关性均高于0.38，内部可靠性估计值均为0.90或以上。德国样本和荷兰样本的组内相关系数分别为0.79和0.82。正如预期的那样，FES-I得分与年龄、性别、跌倒史和跌倒恐惧相关。此外，FES-I在区分亚组方面比原来的十项FES量表稍好。
FES-I在不同国家的不同样本中已显示出可接受的可靠性和结构效度，可用于跨文化康复研究和临床试验。
