en Life Science Life Science مقاله مروری Review Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Background and Objective:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:150%">Fear of falling, balance, and environmental hazards are viewed as significant psychological and physical components in seniors. This systematic review was carried out to review psychometric properties of psychological and physical fall outcome measures in Persian older adults.</span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Materials and Methods:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:150%">The databases were searched using the COSMIN guideline recommendation search strategy and filters. A systematic search was undertaken utilizing the PubMed, Scopus, Medline, CINAHL, PsychINFO, ProQuest, Cochrane library, Web of Science, Pedro, SID, CIVILICA, Magiran, MEDLIB, IranDoc, and IranMedex, from 1971 to June 2021. A further hand search for grey literature was carried out through Google Scholar to detect papers that were not captured in electronic records.</span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Results:</span></span></strong>&nbsp;<span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:150%">Of the initial 1268 studies, 33 studies met the inclusion criteria. Eight psychological and 12 physical assessment tools were validated for Persian older adults. The constructs studied were structural validity, internal consistency, and hypothesis testing that were based on reliable methodology with superb quality. In contrast, content validity was either doubtful or not reported. Neither of the studies that were included examined cross-cultural adaptation and responsiveness. The overall quality of the psychometric properties of each measurement tool has a broad range of inconsistencies (from high to low).</span></span></span><br> <strong new="" roman="" style="font-family: " times=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="background-color:#16a085;">Conclusion:</span></span>&nbsp;</strong><span style="line-height:150%"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:150%">As psychometric data proved inconsistency and conflict for the majority of studies, only provisional judgments may be established. Psychometric features for assessment instruments are clearly partial or lacking, limiting rationale for use in clinical settings or research until more psychometric information is provided.</span></span></span></span></span></p> Aging, Accidental falls, Balance, Falling, Fear, Frail elderly, Systematic Review 397 406 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3140-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mahsa Meimandi meimandi.m@iums.ac.ir 5200319475328460073648 5200319475328460073648 No Rehabilitation Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran Parvaneh Mohammadi azad.pmr@gmail.com 5200319475328460073649 5200319475328460073649 No Dept. of Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Akram Azad azad.a@iums.ac.ir 5200319475328460073650 5200319475328460073650 Yes Rehabilitation Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran Masoome Zaree Masoomezaree@gmail.com 5200319475328460073651 5200319475328460073651 No Dept. of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran