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Table 5 Sensibility analysis of final CARFS factors

From: Establishing content validity for a composite activities-specific risk of falls scale:linkage between fear of falling and physical activity

 

FoF

 

PA

 

CARF

 

Items

Independent

Modified Independent

Dependent

 

Independent

Modified Independent

Dependent

 

Independent

Modified Independent

Dependent

 

N = 13

N = 5

N = 12

P^

N = 13

N = 5

N = 12

P^

N = 13

N = 5

N = 12

P^

Sitting-to-standing

0.2±0.6

0.4±0.9

2.4±1.6

.000*

3.1±0.3

3.2±0.4

2.4±1.5

.187

1.5±1.6

1.8±2.4

6.4±3.5

.000*

Bending down-up

0.5±0.8

1.8±1.8

3.5±1.2

.000*

3.1±0.3

2.6±1.5

0.8±1.4

.000*

2.1±2.0

4.7±4.0

7.5±2.3

.000*

Standing activities

0.2±0.4

0.4±0.9

1.9±1.9

.005*

3.1±0.3

3.4±0.5

2.5±1.9

.324

1.3±1.0

1.8±2.4

4.5±4.1

.024*

Squatting activities

0.3±0.8

1.4±1.7

3.3±1.6

.000*

1.7±1.7

0.0±0.0

0.5±1.2

.030*

2.8±2.1

5.4±1.7

6.8±2.7

.001*

Transferring while sitting

0.2±0.6

1.2±1.8

1.8±2.0

.041*

2.2±1.5

2.4±2.2

2.1±1.9

.945

2.2±1.7

3.6±3.6

4.1±3.8

.309

Walking long distances

0.7±0.9

1.6±0.9

3.5±0.9

.000*

1.8±1.3

0.4±0.9

0.0±0.0

.000*

3.2±2.2

5.2±1.8

7.5±0.9

.000*

Walking short distances

0.0±0.0

0.4±0.9

2.8±1.7

.000*

3.0±0.0

3.0±0.0

1.0±1.5

.000*

1.0±0.0

2.0±2.2

6.2±3.2

.000*

Walking on wet ground

0.8±0.9

1.4±0.9

3.1±1.3

.000*

1.1±1.5

0.0±0.0

0.0±0.0

.024*

3.7±2.2

5.4±0.9

7.1±1.3

.000*

Walking on uneven ground

0.7±0.9

1.4±0.9

3.2±1.1

.000*

1.1±1.5

1.0±1.4

0.3±0.9

.248

3.7±2.0

4.6±2.2

7.0±1.4

.000*

Using transportation

0.3±0.8

1.2±1.8

1.5±1.9

.145

1.4±1.3

0.4±0.9

0.3±0.8

.039*

3.1±1.8

4.8±2.3

5.3±2.1

.026*

Washing oneself

0.3±0.6

1.6±2.2

1.2±1.3

.108

2.6±1.0

1.6±0.9

1.8±1.0

.074

2.2±1.7

4.8±3.9

4.1±2.8

.089

Toileting

0.0±0.0

0.4±0.9

1.5±1.3

.001*

3.2±0.4

3.2±0.4

1.8±1.9

.032*

0.8±0.4

1.8±2.4

4.3±3.5

.005*

Putting on-off trousers

0.0±0.0

0.0±0.0

0.7±1.4

.143

3.2±0.4

3.0±0.0

3.3±0.5

.474

0.8±0.4

1.0±0.0

2.4±3.6

.222

Putting on-off footwear

0.0±0.0

0.4±0.9

0.8±1.4

.174

3.2±0.4

3.2±0.4

3.4±0.5

.334

0.8±0.4

1.8±2.4

2.7±3.8

.236

Total score

4.2±4.9

13.6±11.6

31.2±13.9

.000*

33.5±4.9

27.4±5.9

20.2±8.7

.000*

29.3±11.0

48.7±23.5

76.0±24.8

.000*

  1. FoF fear of falling, PA physical activity, CARFS Composite Activities-specific Risk of Falls Scale
  2. All variables data were shown with mean ± standard deviation. ^all results were analyzed through ANOVA