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RELIABILITY OF THE CZECH VERSION OF THE FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL (FES-I) AND SHORT FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL (SHORT FES-I) IN ELDERLY PEOPLE

Authors

ČIHOUNKOVÁ Jitka REGULI Zdenko SVOBODOVÁ Lenka

Year of publication 2021
Type Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

Citation
Description This study’s aim was to determine the reliability of the Short FES-I and FES-I for Czech older people. FES-I (Czech translation) was used with 350 participants (278 women and 72 men) aged 65 and more in a test- retest study with data being collected 14 days apart. The Short FES-I results were selected from the FES-I results. Data was processed by Statictica.cz software. Descriptive statistics were used. Results showed that Czech version of short FES-I and FES-I is a reliable tool for measuring the fear of falling in older adults.
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