Multidimensional Falls Efficacy Scale

Understand your confidence to prevent and manage falls.

Complete four questions to view your multidimensional falls efficacy profile across the stages before, during and after a potential fall.

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Multidimensional Falls Efficacy Scale

Please rate your current confidence based on your own judgement for all four questions.

Select one response for each question: 0 = Not at all confident, 1 = Slightly confident, 2 = Somewhat confident, 3 = Quite confident, and 4 = Completely confident.
Pre-fall Balance confidence

1. How confident are you in walking steadily?

Near-fall Balance recovery confidence

2. How confident are you in stopping yourself from falling when you lose your balance?

Fall-landing Safe-landing confidence

3. How confident are you in protecting yourself if you fall?

Completed fall Post-fall recovery confidence

4. How confident are you in getting up from the ground after a fall?

Understanding your profile

Four domains across the falls continuum

The MdFES considers confidence across four stages. Items 1 and 2 contribute to the fall prevention score, while Items 3 and 4 contribute to the fall management score.

Pre-fall Balance confidence Confidence in maintaining stability
Near-fall Balance recovery confidence Confidence in recovering stability
Fall-landing Safe-landing confidence Confidence in protecting oneself during a fall
Completed fall Post-fall recovery confidence Confidence in recovering after a fall

Learn more about the MdFES, scoring and measurement evidence →