Innovation and Policy Center for Population Health and Sustainable Environment, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Innovation and Policy Center for Population Health and Sustainable Environment, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Geriatr Nurs. 2021 Sep-Oct;42(5):1012-1018. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2021.06.006. Epub 2021 Jul 10.
The FES-I is widely used to measure the fear of falling. However, studies linking the Chinese version of the FES-I to frailty and quality of life among older adults are still limited. Thus, this study examined the association of the full 16-item FES-I and the 7-item short FES-I with fall history, physical frailty, and quality of life among older Taiwanese adults. A total of 751 community-dwelling older adults in Taipei City participated in this study. Data analyses included logistic and linear regression models. The 16-item and the short FES-I were strongly correlated (Spearman rho = 0.963), and both scales are reliable. The 7-item FES-I was positively associated with fall history and physical frailty and negatively associated with the physical (b = -0.65, p < 0.001) and mental (b = -0.59, p < 0.001) components of health-related quality of life, independent of physical frailty. Thus, the short FES-I can be used to increase the feasibility of health screenings of older adults in Chinese-speaking contexts.
FES-I 量表被广泛用于测量跌倒恐惧。然而,将 FES-I 中文版与老年人脆弱性和生活质量联系起来的研究仍然有限。因此,本研究调查了完整的 16 项 FES-I 量表和 7 项简短 FES-I 量表与台湾老年人跌倒史、身体脆弱性和生活质量之间的关系。本研究共纳入了台北市 751 名社区居住的老年人。数据分析包括逻辑回归和线性回归模型。16 项和 7 项简短 FES-I 量表之间具有很强的相关性(Spearman rho=0.963),且两个量表均具有可靠性。7 项 FES-I 量表与跌倒史和身体脆弱性呈正相关,与身体健康(b=-0.65,p<0.001)和心理健康(b=-0.59,p<0.001)成分呈负相关,且与身体脆弱性无关。因此,简短 FES-I 可用于提高中文语境下老年人健康筛查的可行性。