Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale

Question 1

Considerations

Answer 1

This tool is available in multiple languages. Patients with hand impairments may require assistive for recording responses. Patients with lack of insight into impairments may have difficulty with responding accurately

Question 2

PD Cut off score

Answer 2

<69% is predictive of recurrent falls

Question 3

Stroke cut off score (chronic, >6 months post)

Answer 3

Cut off score of 81.1% indicates relative certainty that the patient does not have a history of falls

Question 4

Older Adults cut off score

Answer 4

Scores <67% indicate risk for falling; accurately classifies people who fall 84% of the time

Question 5

Older adults normative scores

Answer 5

>80% = high level of physical functioning
50-80% = moderate level of physical functioning
<50% = low level of physical functioning

Question 6

PD MDC (Hoehn & Yahr 1-4)

Answer 6

13%

Question 7

PD MDC (calculated from the standard error of measure)

Answer 7

30.5%

Question 8

Stroke (acute to chronic) MDC

Answer 8

14% (calculated from the standard error of the measure)