Turkish Version of Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire

Fall Clinical Trial

Official title:

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Fear of Falling Avoidance Behaviour in Turkish Community-dwelling Older Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04019587
• Other study ID #: OrduU5
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: December 2019
• Source: T.C. ORDU ÜNIVERSITESI
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is planned to translate the Fear of Falling Avoidance Behaviour Questionnaire (FFABQ) into Turkish and to assess the psychometric properties (validity, reliability, responsiveness, floor and ceiling effect) of this Turkish version.

Description:

The permission for the Turkish version was received by Landers. The translation will be made according to Beaton et al. guidelines. The internal reliability of the FFABQ Türkish version will be assessed using Cronbach's alpha, and item analyses will be conducted by examining the effect on Cronbach's alpha of excluding each of the six FOG-Q items individually. The test-retest reliability will be assessed using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).

Convergent validity will be evaluated by means of Spearman rank correlation coefficient (rs). In this section will be determined the correlation between the Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale and visual analog scale for fear of falling.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• having good cognitive functions (Standardized Mini Mental Test score of 24 and above)

• To be able to live independently in the community,

• to voluntarily participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• The use of drugs that may affect balance

• Polypharmacy status

• Having serious musculoskeletal or neurological disorders,

• Lower or upper limb amputation that may affect balance.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fall
• Fear
• Older People

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire administration
The Questionnaire includes 14 items dealing with avoidance behavior. All items will be asked by face to face technique.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Sevim ACARÖZ CANDAN	Ordu	Altinordu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
T.C. ORDU ÜNIVERSITESI

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire (FFABQ)	The FFABQ quantifies avoidance behavior (activity limitation and participation restriction) related to the fear of falling. It consists of 14 items ranked using the Likert-style, 5-point ordinal scale as described above, resulting in a total possible score of 56 points. A high score indicates greater activity limitation and participation restriction as a result of the fear of the falling.	7 minutes
Secondary	Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC)	The Activity-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale is commonly recommended for evaluating the person's confidence related to fear of falling.The ABC scale contains 16 items to assess balance confidence in performing simple to complex activities, such as walking around the house, stepping onto an escalator, and walking outside on an icy sidewalk.6,22 The total score of ABC scale ranges from 0% - 100%, where 0% means "not confident" and 100% means "completely confident".22 The confidence scores could be interpreted in a categorical fashion of high (> 80%), moderate (50 - 80%) and low (< 50%) levels of physical functioning.	10 minutes
Secondary	Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for Fear of Balance	10 points VAS will be used to assess the fear of falling. The older adult scores their fear with the number that best expresses the fear of falling. 0 indicates no fear and 10 indicates extreme fear.	2 minutes