The Turkish Version of the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly

NCT04139109 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 287826
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE) was originally developed in English to determine the level of fear of falling and its interactions with activities of daily living. The purpose of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the SAFE instrument into Turkish and investigate its psychometric properties.

Conditions

Fall; Old Age; Debility; Fear; Activity, Motor; Participation, Patient

Keywords

accidental falls; activity restriction; fear of falling; participation restriction; psychometrics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly

  The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly (SAFE), is a reliable (α = 0.95) and valid (r = 0.91) questionnaire for evaluating activity level, fear of falling, and activity restriction. SAFE assesses 11 community-based and home-based activities. SAFE is scored as the following: Activity level is scored as the number of activities being done. Maximum score is 11 and higher scores indicate a higher activity level. The fear of falling score is computed as the average worry scores across the 11 activities (or across as many of the activities that are done, i.e., if yes to A). Each activity is scored in the range 0 to 3 by recoding the answer. The recoding is described as 0=4 (Not at all worried), 1=3 (A little worried), 2=1 (Somewhat worried) and 3=1 (Very worried). In totally, higher scores indicate a greater fear of falling. Activity restriction is scored by counting the number of activities which is responded "less than you used to".

  Baseline (First assessment)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• The Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly

  Within a 5-to-7-day period after the first assessment (Second assessment)

• Falls Efficiency Scale-International

  Baseline (First assessment)

• History of Fall

  Baseline (First assessment)

• Leg Pain

  Baseline (First assessment)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

One-hundred eleven older adults who were admitted to the Department of Geriatrics at Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Training and Research Hospital or who volunteered to participate in this study via an online form, were evaluated between January 2018 and July 2018.

You may qualify if:

• age over 60 years old
• ability to read and write in Turkish
• score ≥24 on the Mini-Mental State Exam
• \>3 according to the Functional Ambulation Category (FAC)
• no pathology in visual ability and hearing

You may not qualify if:

• neurologist-diagnosed dementia or Alzheimer's disease
• ambulatory only with a wheelchair
• amputated lower extremity

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa: lead

Study Sites (1)

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa

Istanbul, Bakırkoy, 34147, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Lachman ME, Howland J, Tennstedt S, Jette A, Assmann S, Peterson EW. Fear of falling and activity restriction: the survey of activities and fear of falling in the elderly (SAFE). J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1998 Jan;53(1):P43-50. doi: 10.1093/geronb/53b.1.p43.

  PMID: 9469171 BACKGROUND

• Allison LK, Painter JA, Emory A, Whitehurst P, Raby A. Participation restriction, not fear of falling, predicts actual balance and mobility abilities in rural community-dwelling older adults. J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2013 Jan-Mar;36(1):13-23. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0b013e3182493d20.

  PMID: 22790588 BACKGROUND

• Yardley L, Smith H. A prospective study of the relationship between feared consequences of falling and avoidance of activity in community-living older people. Gerontologist. 2002 Feb;42(1):17-23. doi: 10.1093/geront/42.1.17.

  PMID: 11815695 BACKGROUND

• Gazibara T, Kurtagic I, Kisic-Tepavcevic D, Nurkovic S, Kovacevic N, Gazibara T, Pekmezovic T. Falls, risk factors and fear of falling among persons older than 65 years of age. Psychogeriatrics. 2017 Jul;17(4):215-223. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12217. Epub 2017 Jan 27.

  PMID: 28130862 BACKGROUND

• Ersoz Huseyinsinoglu B, Tufekcioglu Z, Birinci T, Demirdag F. The Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Survey of Activities and Fear of Falling in the Elderly. J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2021 Apr-Jun 01;44(2):E132-E137. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0000000000000260.

  PMID: 32049753 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Frailty; Motor Activity; Patient Participation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Burcu Ersoz Huseyinsinoglu, PhD

  Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PT, MSc Research Assistant

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2019
• First Posted: October 25, 2019
• Study Start: January 22, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 22, 2018
• Study Completion: July 22, 2018
• Last Updated: October 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2019-10

Locations

TU (1)