Falls Efficacy
Falls efficacy refers to perceived capability to prevent and manage fall-related situations. It is conceptually distinct from fear or concern about falling and can be considered an empowering construct.
Falls Efficacy Across Different Fall Stages
This research programme considers four confidence domains across different stages of a fall, from maintaining balance to recovery after a fall.
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Pre-fall
Balance confidence
Confidence in maintaining balance during activities.
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Near-fall
Balance recovery confidence
Confidence to arrest a fall following a loss of balance, slip, or trip.
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Fall-landing
Safe-landing confidence
Confidence in protecting oneself during a fall.
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Completed Fall
Post-fall recovery confidence
Confidence to get up or get help after a fall.
Fall Prevention
Pre-fall and near-fall confidence, covering balance maintenance and balance recovery.
Fall Management
Fall-landing and post-fall confidence, covering safe landing and recovery after a fall.
Fall Prevention and Fall Management are used here as this research programme’s organising framework for the four falls-efficacy domains, rather than as a universally established taxonomy.
Find the Right Measure
Start with the construct you want to assess, then select an instrument that matches the clinical or research purpose.
- Balance confidence
- Balance recovery confidence
- Multidimensional falls efficacy
- Concern about falling
BRC: Balance Recovery Confidence Scale
Assesses confidence in recovering balance following a loss of balance.
Explore BRCMdFES: Multidimensional Falls Efficacy Scale
Assesses falls efficacy across multiple situations spanning fall prevention and fall management.
Explore MdFESResearch & Evidence
The research programme focuses on measurement and psychometrics, translation and cross-cultural validation, and the clinical and research relevance of falls efficacy.
Measurement & Psychometrics
Development and validation of falls-efficacy instruments, including BRC and MdFES.
Explore measuresTranslation & Cross-cultural Validation
Ongoing translation and validation work across multiple languages and healthcare settings.
View translation projectsSelected Publications
Peer-reviewed research on falls efficacy, its measurement, and related constructs.
View research projects and publicationsInterventions
Explore intervention research relevant to falls efficacy and falls prevention, with a clear distinction between published evidence, conceptual interpretation and future research directions.
Explore the evidence on interventions →Global Collaboration
The Falls Efficacy programme develops through partnership with researchers, clinicians and institutions internationally.
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International translation and validation
Translation and validation work undertaken with international research partners.
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Peer-reviewed research
Research outputs disseminated through peer-reviewed academic publications.
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Cross-cultural collaboration
Collaboration with clinicians and researchers across countries and healthcare settings.
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Research-led measurement development
Measures developed and refined within an academic research programme.
A Research-led Resource
Falls Efficacy is led by an active academic research programme.
Dr Shawn Leng-Hsien Soh
Lead researcher · Physiotherapist · Educator
Singapore Institute of Technology
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