Risk indicators for falls in institutionalized frail elderly

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 645-653

  Kron, M ^a   Loy, S ^a   Sturm, E ^a   Nikolaus, Th ^a   Becker, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Institutionalization; Long term care; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSERVATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVATION; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141620184     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg203     Document Type: Article

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