Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Fall Risk for Older People – A Community Setting (FROP-Com) Assessment Tool - Thai Version
Keywords:
Thai version, FROP-Com assessment tool, fall risk factors, Thai older people, cross-cultural adaptationAbstract
Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Fall Risk for Older People – Community Setting (FROP-Com) assessment tool for older Thai people and to evaluate the instrument’s internal consistency and reliability. The secondary goal was to identify contributing risk factors for falls in individuals assessed with the Thai-version FROP-Com tool.
Study design: Cross-sectional descriptive study
Setting: Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Subjects: Thai community-dwelling elders aged 60 years and over
Methods: This study utilized standard guidelines for the cross-cultural adaptation process, which consisted of (a) forward translation, (b) synthesis translation, (c) backward translation, (d) expert committee review, and (e) test of the pre-final version. Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. This study used intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) with 95% confidence intervals to evaluate intra-rater and inter-rater reliability.
Results: The Thai FROP-Com assessment tool was successfully adapted for the Thai language. A total of 140 Thai community-dwelling participants aged 60 and older who met the inclusion criteria completed the study. Validation showed a good internal consistency of 0.96, while the intra-rater reliability was 0.92 and the Kappa coefficient was 0.89. The inter-rater reliability was 0.91 and the Kappa coefficient was 0.86.
Conclusions: The FROP-Com assessment tool displayed positive reliability and internal consistency for assessing risk factors among Thai older people. The tool was demonstrated to be valid and is now available for use with older members of the Thai population.
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