Table 3.

Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale: Composite Scores

Participant	Home	Transport	Public
On a scale of 0 to 100, how confident are you to be able to…	walk around the house; walk up/down stairs at home bend over + pick up slipper from front of closet floor reach for a small can at eye level stand on tiptoes + reach for something overhead; stand on chair + reach for something sweep the floor walk outside house to parked car in driveway	get in/out of car walk across parking lot to mall walk up/down ramp	walk in a crowded mall where people walk rapidly past you are bumped into by people as you walk through mall step onto/off escalator WHILE holding onto railing step onto/off escalator WITHOUT holding onto railing because of holding bags walk outside on icy sidewalks

Scores by Participant	Home	Transport	Public
P1	73.8	93.3	63
P2	66.3	50	32
P3	85	86.7	64
P4	36.3	63.3	26
P5	93.8	100	88
P6	61.8	66.7	20
P7	61.3	50*	*
P8	80	63.3	32
P9	70	56.7	40
Mean for all participants	69.8	70	45.6
Mean for controls	99	100	98

^*For study participants, a >30% confidence interval difference was found between scores in activities in the home versus in public.