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ABC Scale · Activities-specific Balance Confidence

Balance Confidence Questionnaire

For each item, rate

How confident are you that you will not lose your balance or become unsteady when you…

  • For each activity, choose the number that matches how confident you feel — from 0% (no confidence) to 100% (complete confidence).
  • If you don't currently do an activity, imagine how confident you would be if you had to do it.
  • Answer every question. There are no right or wrong answers — go with your first instinct.
  • This takes about five minutes.
16 questionsabout 5 minutes
ABC Scale · Activities-specific Balance Confidence
Balance Confidence Questionnaire
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Rate each item

How confident are you that you will not lose your balance or become unsteady when you…

1

…walk around the house?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
2

…walk up or down stairs?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
3

…bend over and pick up a slipper from the front of a closet floor?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
4

…reach for a small can off a shelf at eye level?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
5

…stand on your tiptoes and reach for something above your head?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
6

…stand on a chair and reach for something?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
7

…sweep the floor?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
8

…walk outside the house to a car parked in the driveway?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
9

…get into or out of a car?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
10

…walk across a parking lot to the mall?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
11

…walk up or down a ramp?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
12

…walk in a crowded mall where people rapidly walk past you?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
13

…are bumped into by people as you walk through the mall?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
14

…step onto or off an escalator while holding onto a railing?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
15

…step onto or off an escalator holding parcels so you cannot hold the railing?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%
16

…walk outside on icy sidewalks?

No confidence · 0%Fully confident · 100%

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