Reliability of Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST) for identifying older people at increased risk of falls

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 266-274

  Mackenzie, L ^a   Byles, J ^a   Higginbotham, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037139666     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280110087089     Document Type: Article

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