Improvement of the quality of patient care, reinforcement of medical education and enhanced efforts by clinical staff to provide practical knowledge to patients with thalassemia major should significantly improve patient adherence to treatment.

Female gender, strong ADL dependency, and single falls were associated with high falls efficacy. The levels of ADL dependency were the most correlated with falls efficacy than with other related factors. Rehabilitation interventions should also be incorporated to minimise ADL dependency, and to improve falls efficacy for stroke survivors.

Purpose. The study focused on the falls efficacy of stroke survivors in the community and its association with the related factors. Method. The study was conducted through a cross-sectional design in the community setting. One hundred and seven stroke survivors were recruited. Falls efficacy was measured by the 7-item Falls Efficacy Scale International version, where the higher mean score showed more concern about falling in daily life. Results. Activities of daily living (ADLs) dependency levels, including mild, moderate and severe, contributed to 33.5% of the explained variance. Women were over 7.5 times more likely to have high falls efficacy than men. Moderate and severe ADLs dependency participants were 10.8 and 13.6 times more likely to have high falls efficacy than ADLs independent participants. Single fall participants were also nearly 13 times more likely to have high falls efficacy than others who had either recurrent falls or no falls. Conclusions. Female gender, strong ADLs dependency, and single falls were associated with high falls efficacy. The levels of ADLs dependency were the most correlated with falls efficacy than with other related factors. Rehabilitation interventions should also be incorporated to minimize ADLs dependency, and to improve falls efficacy for stroke survIvors.

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