Turkish Version of Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire

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

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fall; Older People; Fear
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior Questionnaire administration

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 70

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Altinordu
    • Ordu, Altinordu, Turkey, 52100
      • Sevim ACARÖZ CANDAN

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 65 years and older (OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Community dwelling older adults

Description

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.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Test of reliability and validity	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.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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
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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sevim A CANDAN, PhD, T.C. ORDU ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): July 15, 2019
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): July 30, 2019
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): July 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 11, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 12, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): July 15, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): December 3, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 1, 2019
• Last Verified: December 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: OrduU5

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No