Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the reliability, validity, and measurement error of balance confidence and fall-related self-efficacy measures in older breast cancer survivors.
Design: A cross-sectional study was performed.
Methods: The Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), the shorter, six-item version of the ABC (ABC-6), and the Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (MFES) were completed by 35 older breast cancer survivors. Absolute reliability was examined with Cronbach's alpha, test-retest reliability with intraclass correlation coefficient, and Pearson's correlation coefficient for construct validity.
Findings: Absolute reliability was good for the ABC. Test-retest reliability was good for the ABC and the ABC-6 and moderate for the MFES. Construct validity was present for all measures.
Conclusions: Breast cancer survivors' balance confidence measures should be assessed with either the ABC or the ABC-6, whereas falls self-efficacy should be examined with the MFES.
Clinical Relevance: Nurses and other health professionals who treat breast cancer survivors should include assessing psychological factors associated with falls using the ABC, the ABC-6, or the MFES as low balance confidence or falls self-efficacy contribute to increased falls risk.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/rnj.0000000000000316 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Efficacy of a topical live probiotic in improving skin health.
Int J Cosmet Sci
January 2025
Blis Technologies Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Introduction: Micrococcus luteus is a commensal bacterial member of the human skin and is essential in keeping the balance among the various microbial flora of the skin. M. luteus strain Q24 or BLIS Q24™ was isolated from the skin of a healthy human adult and is known to produce a unique antimicrobial spectrum that is inhibitory towards pathogens associated with skin diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF"Longing is good": proof-of-concept for a novel psychological intervention to tackle self-blaming emotions.
Front Psychol
January 2025
Department of Psychological Medicine, Centre for Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Many people with depression, for which self-blame plays a key role, are not amenable to current standard psychological treatments. This calls for novel self-guided interventions, which require less attention and motivation. The present study sought to establish proof-of-concept for a novel self-guided intervention in a non-clinical sample, which prompts people to transform self-blaming feelings into "longing," as a related unpleasant, but presumably more adaptive and approach-related emotion, which plays a key role in many musical and literary genres but has been largely overlooked in clinical research.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsoriasis increases the risk of Sjögren's syndrome: evidence from a propensity score-matched cohort study and transcriptomic analysis.
BMC Med
January 2025
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Background: Despite the well-documented immune dysregulation in both psoriasis and Sjögren's syndrome (SS), the specific link between these two autoimmune diseases has not been extensively explored. The present study aims to investigate the impact of psoriasis on the risk of SS.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study using TriNetX data compared SS development in patients with psoriasis and controls using propensity score matching, Kaplan-Meier curves, and Cox models.
Identifying impairments and compensatory strategies for temporal gait asymmetry in post-stroke persons.
Sci Rep
January 2025
Neurorehabilitation Research Center, Kio University, 4-2-2 Umaminaka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Koryo, Nara, 635-0832, Japan.
In post-stroke persons, temporal gait asymmetry (TGA) during comfortable gait involves a combination of pure impairments and compensatory strategies. In this study, we aimed to differentiate between pure impairments and compensatory strategies underlying TGA in post-stroke individuals and identify associated clinical factors. We examined 39 post-stroke individuals who participated in comfortable walking speed (CWS) and rhythmic auditory cueing (RAC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of occupational therapy in providing vocational rehabilitation for people living with inflammatory arthritis: A scoping review.
Aust Occup Ther J
February 2025
School of Allied Health, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, Health Research Institute, Health Implementation Science and Technology (HIST), University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Introduction: Inflammatory arthritis significantly impacts work participation resulting in cost to individuals, employers, and society. Vocational rehabilitation seeks to address this need, but its pathways, interventions, and efficacy continue to be under investigation. Contributing variables are complex, identifying the need for a conceptual framework to guide practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!