To assess functional mobility Timed up and go (TUG) test was used. Participants were requested to walk at their ordinary walking speed during TUG test. They were seated at the beginning of the test and asked for rising from chair after the command "ready-set-go", walking 3 meters, turning around, going back to chair and sitting down again. Duration between rising from chair and sitting down was recorded with a stopwatch. Before testing, participants were instructed about testing procedure and one test trial was performed for this purpose.

With the aim of rating balance performance, Balance Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (BPOMA) of Tinetti was used. In this test, eight different tasks are scored between 0-2. Maximum possible score is 16 and higher score is related to the better balance performance. For detailed information; this test evaluates sitting and standing balance, turning 360°, the ability of arising from chair and sitting down.

Elderly Falls Screening Test (EFST) was used to assess risk of fall. It is composed of two parts, one of which queries fall number in the last year, history of injurious fall and near fall; the second evaluates walking speed and style. The first part is self-report and covers three items; the second part is scored by assessor and covers two items. Maximum possible score is five. A score between 0-1 indicates low, 2-3 moderate and 4-5 high fall risk.

This scale is used for defining the depressive symptoms. It covers fifteen dichotomous questions that ask participants to answer in a yes or no fashion. Of the 15 questions, 10 indicate the presence of depression when answered as yes while remaining five indicate the presence of depression when answered as no. An answer in the direction of depression is assumed as one point. To get a final score, all points are summed. Thus, total score is between 0-15. A score between 0-5 is normal, a score above 5 suggests depression.