Associations between the Falls Efficacy Scale International (FES-I) and poor strength and balance in community-dwelling older people

Figures & data

Figure 1. Receiver operating characteristic curves of physical function tests: gait speed (A), five time sit to stand (B); timed up and go (C).

Table 1. Sensitivity and specificity analyses generated from receiver operating characteristic curves.

Physical performance measure	Area under receiver operating curves (95% CI)	Sensitivity (%) with FES-I 23.5	Specificity (%) with FES-I 23.5	Positive likelihood ratio	Negative likelihood ratio
Gait speed (<0.8 m/s)	0.75 (0.72, 0.78)	81.4	55.2	1.92	0.43
FTSS (>15s)	0.80 (0.78, 0.83)	82.9	62.3	2.20	0.27
TUG (>14s)	0.78 (0.74, 0.81)	87.1	50.0	1.74	0.26

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, SP upon reasonable request.