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Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007 Jun;8(5):307–313. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.04.006

Table 4.

Associations between Performance Measures, Fall Self-Efficacy and Fear of Falling in New Long-Term Care Enrollees.

Variable mean (SD)	FES Score				Fear of Falling
	Low (0–47)	Moderate (48–75)	High (76–100)	High vs. Low	Yes	No
	N=36	N=36	N=36	P value	N=54	N=58	P value
Berg Balance Scale	14.5 (11.7) N=36	19.2 (14.2) N=36	32.0 (16.2) N=36	<.001	18.8 (13.4) N=54	24.7 (17.6) N=57	.052
Six-minute walk, feet	88 (128) N=32	117 (191) N=32	244 (213) N=30	.001	106 (141) N=45	182 (220) N=50	.045
Gait speed, m/s	0.16 (0.23) N=32	0.16 (0.18) N=33	0.36 (0.26) N=30	.001	0.19 (0.23) N=47	0.25 (0.25) N=50	.235
Hip strength, kg	8.5 (9.2) N=31	17.1 (11.6) N=28	18.4 (10.6) N=31	<.001	9.8 (9.2) N=42	18.4 (11.6) N=49	<.001
Knee strength, kg	9.9 (9.8) N=29	16.7 (11.2) N=29	17.4 (10.3) N=32	.006	10.6 (8.6) N=40	17.8 (11.6) N=51	.001
Grip strength, kg	11.7 (7.3) N=33	13.9 (7.8) N=34	14.3 (9.4) N=36	.207	11.9 (7.1) N=49	14.8 (8.9) N=56	.077

Notes: FES=Falls Efficacy Scale.