Use of the 'STRATIFY' falls risk assessment in patients recovering from acute stroke

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-143

  Smith, Jane ^a,b   Forster, Anne ^a   Young, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Cerebrovascular disorders; Elderly; Rehabilitation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIABILITY; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644975904     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj027     Document Type: Article

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