Falls risk assessment, multitargeted interventions and the impact on hospital falls

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 199-206

  Mcfarlane Kolb, Heather ^a  

^a Elouera Aged Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Falls interventions; Falls risk assessment; Hospital falls

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION TREE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VICTORIA;

EID: 16544375010     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2004.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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