Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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132
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 4, 2014 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Nonparametric Statistics
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Abstract #311104
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Title:
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Novel Scale Development for Fear of Falling and Falls: Analyzed Using a Semiparametric Ratio Estimator (SPRE)
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Author(s):
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Deborah Weissman-Miller*+ and Kay C. Graham
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Companies:
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Brenau University and Brenau University
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Keywords:
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fear of falling ;
fof ;
weight function ;
FWF ;
semiparametric ratio estimator ;
SPRE
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Abstract:
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Fear of falling (fof) and falls in older adults are an increasingly severe worldwide public health problem impacting quality of life and functional status. The Falls Weight Function (FWF) uses a new scale developed to enable researchers to incorporate fear of falling (fof) into analyses with participants who have already experienced a fall. FWF is a weight function used in initial data transforms for ordinary least squares regression analysis using the semiparametric ratio estimator (SPRE) to predict a change point and subsequent point estimations. FWF data is defined as belonging to a discrete set of numbers that is finite or countable. In a pilot study using Stepping OnĀ® falls reduction treatment for elders, initial data is taken from a screening tool where fof responses are counted and summed as increments of 10 values. These values, which range from .1 to 1.0, are multiplied by 1fall. The un-weighted value of 1 fall is multiplied by the weight function for fof. Then the scale of falls and fof is the same, and represented on a continuum of fear of falling to having a fall, so that all participants can be treated together and analysed in the same set of linear regressions.
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