Background: Stroke can with imposed restrictions cause limitations that increase the possibility of falling and fear of falling. Fear of falling, associated with self-efficacy and self-confidence, can be assessed with a subjective assessment of individual's capabilities through scales: Falls Efficiency Scale (FES) and Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC scale). Purpose: The purpose of the thesis is to review the measurement characteristics of scales FES, ABC and their variations in patients after stroke. Methods: Articles were reviewed in the databases: PubMed (MEDLINE), Cochrane Library and CINAHL. The included 18 articles were published until the end of August 2017. Results: The test-retest reliability after stroke is excellent for FES, the Swedish version of FES, the international FES and the ABC scale (ICC = 0.82 – 0.98). The reliability of internal consistency is excellent for the Swedish version of FES and the ABC scale (α = 0.93 – 0.97), for the international FES the reliability was good (α = 0.78). Construct validity was for FES and its variants either good (7 articles) or excellent (6 articles), one article had low validity for Berg balance scale (rho = 0.27). The ABC scale and its variants show good (8 articles) (one article had excellent validity for number of falls (r = -0.64 - -0.65) and ABC-6 item scale (r = 0.96)) construct validity. Concurrent validity in patients after stroke was excellent (4 articles) or good (one article) for FES and its variants. For the ABC scale the concurrent validity was either excellent (one article), good (5 articles) or low (2 articles), two articles studied the ceiling and floor effect in the ABC scale. In one, both effects were not present, meanwhile for the other article the ceiling effect was present in 3 elements and the floor effect in 8 elements. Conclusion: The results of researches show, that for the evaluation of self-efficacy in acute or chronic patients after stroke the use of the ABC scale is recommended. For the ABC scale, it is additionally recommended to evaluate the ceiling and floor effect in acute stroke.
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