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. 2010 Oct 25;10:78. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-78

Table 2.

Scores and item-total correlations of the Falls-Efficacy Scale, Swedish version - FES(S), n = 79

Time 1, n = 781 Time 2, n = 712
Itema Activity Mean (SD) n = 78 Corrected item-total correlations n = 69 Mean (SD) Corrected item-total correlations n = 66

1 Get in and out of bed 6.7 (3.2)
1 missing
0.82 6.9 (2.8)
1 missing
0.86
2 Get on and off the toilet 7.5 (2.8) 0.82 7.4 (2.7)
1 missing
0.89
3 Personal grooming 8.1 (2.6)
3 missing
0.78 7.8 (2.7)
1 missing
0.90
4 Get in and out of chair 6.8 (3.2) 0.87 7.0 (3.0) 0.96
5 Get dressed and undressed 7.1 (3.0) 0.87 7.2 (3.0) 0.95
6 Take a bath or a shower 7.5 (2.9) 0.85 7.3 (2.9) 0.95
7 Go up and down stairs 7.3 (3.0) 0.82 6.9 (3.0) 0.89
8 Walk around neighborhood 7.1 (3.3)
1 missing
0.73 7.0 (3.3) 0.90
9 Reach into cupboards/closets 6.7 (3.2)
1 missing
0.86 6.8 (3.1)
2 missing
0.91
10 Housecleaning 6.7 (3.1) 0.89 6.8 (3.0) 0.93
11 Prepare simple meals 6.9 (3.0) 0.89 6.6 (3.2) 0.87
12 Answer the telephone 6.2 (3.3)
2 missing
0.87 6.5 (3.3) 0.94
13 Simple shopping 6.2 (3.3)
1 missing
0.81 6.5 (3.4) 0.92

Total score Min-Max 91.6 (34.2)
0-130
n = 69
90.6 (36.4)
13-130
n = 66
Skewness (SE) -0.75 (0.29) -0.45 (0.30)
Kurtosis (SE) -0.36 (0.57) -1.22 (0.58)

aHow confident/sure are you that you can... (item wording)...without falling? Response options range from 0 (not confident at all) to ten (completely confident).

1One participant did not respond to FES(S).

2Three participants did not complete the FES(S) at time 2. At time 2, data from 5 patients were excluded due to late responses and DBS surgery (see Results).

At time 1, one out of 69 (1.4%) scored 0 and 7 scored 130 (10.1%). At time 2, none of the 66 scored 0 and 7 (10.6%) scored 130.