Responsiveness of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International and Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale in Parkinson's disease.

Ghorban Taghizadeh; Negin Eissazade; Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad; Merrill R. Landers; Parvaneh Taghavi Azar Sharabiani; Mohsen Shati; Seyede Salehe Mortazavi; Mehdi Akbary; Maryam Mehdizadeh

doi:10.1080/09638288.2026.2632913

February 23, 2026

Responsiveness of the Falls Efficacy Scale-International and Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale in Parkinson's disease.

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This research aims to establish meaningful metrics for interpreting changes in balance confidence among individuals with Parkinson's disease.
Conducted a study on individuals with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) using the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) and Activities-Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale.
Estimated the minimum clinically important difference (MCID), the minimal detectable change (MDC), and the standard change benchmarks (SCB) for both scales.
Analyzed the responsiveness of FES-I and ABC to evaluate balance and fear-of-falling interventions.
Established robust MCID, MDC, and SCB estimates for FES-I and ABC in PwPD.
Provided clinically meaningful benchmarks for interpreting changes in balance confidence related to interventions.

Implication

Assesses the effectiveness of balance interventions in Parkinson's disease, suggesting new benchmarks for interpretation.

Abstract

This study provides robust MCID, MDC, and SCB estimates for FES-I and ABC scale in PwPD, offering clinically meaningful benchmarks to guide interpretation of change and evaluate the effectiveness of balance and fear-of-falling interventions.

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Taghizadeh et al. (2026) studied this question.

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