Table 3.
Falls Concern Scale for people with spinal cord injury (SCI-FCS) [20]
SCI-FCS activity | Not at all concerned 1 | Somewhat concerned 2 | Fairly concerned 3 | Very concerned 4 |
Getting dressed or undressed | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Moving around the bed (including sitting up) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Inserting enema or toileting | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Washing or showering self | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Transferring on/off a commode or toilet | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Transferring in/out of bed | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Transferring in/out of a car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Reaching for high objects (e.g. reaching to a high shelf/lift button) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Picking objects up from the floor (e.g. clothes, pet bowl) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Cooking or food preparation (e.g. making a sandwich) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Pushing wheelchair on flat ground | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Pushing wheelchair on an uneven surface (e.g. rocky ground) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Pushing wheelchair up/down gutters or curbs | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Pushing wheelchair up/down a slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Shopping | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Lifting heavy objects across body (e.g. shopping bags) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |