Evaluation of the Morse Fall Scale in hospitalised patients [4]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-313

  Schwendimann, Rene ^a,b   De Geest, S ^a,c   Milisen, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Stadtspital Waid   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORSE FALL SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646186522     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj066     Document Type: Letter

References (24)

1. Evans D, Hodgkinson B, Lambert L, Wood J. Falls risk factors in the hospital setting: A systematic review. Int J Nurs Prac 2001; 7 (1): 38-45.
2. Oliver D, Daly F, Martin FC, McMurdo ME. Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: A systematic review. Age Ageing 2004; 33 (2): 122-30.
3. Perell KL, Nelson A, Goldman RI, Luther SL, Prieto-Lewis N, Rubenstein LZ. Fall risk assessment measures: An analytic review. J Gerontol 2001; 56 (12): M761-6.
4. Myers H. Hospital fall risk assessment tools: A critique of the literature. Int J Nurs Prac 2003; 9 (4): 223-35.
5. Morse JM. Preventing Patient Falls, 1st edition. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc., 1997.
6. Eagle DJ, Salama S, Whitman D, Evans LA, Ho E, Olde J. Comparison of three instruments in predicting accidental falls in selected inpatients in a general teaching hospital. J Gerontol Nurs 1999; 25 (7): 40-5.
7. McCollam ME. Evaluation and implementation of a research-based falls assessment innovation. Nurs Clin North Am 1995; 30 (3): 507-14.
8. McFarlane-Kolb H. Falls risk assessment, multitargeted interventions and the impact on hospital falls. Int J Nurs Prac 2004; 10 (5): 199-206.
9. O'Connell B, Myers H. The sensitivity and specificity of the Morse Fall Scale in an acute care setting. J Clin Nurs 2002; 11 (1): 134-6.
10. Barnett K. Reducing patient falls in an acute general hospital. Foundation of Nursing Studies Dissemination Series 2002; 1 (1).
11. Camicioli R, Licis L. Motor impairment predicts falls in specialized Alzheimer care units. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2004; 18 (4): 214-18.
12. Cheng GYC, S. Fall prevention. In: 3rd Australasian Joanna Briggs Institute Colloquium for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery: 2002; Auckland, New Zealand: Contemporary Nurse, 2002: 61.
13. Lai KCKYS, Wong KST. Validation of the Cantonese version of the Morse Fall Scale. In: 11 Annual Congress of the Hong Kong Association of Gerontology: 2003, Hong Kong, 2003.
14. Ledsham RBJ, Beardsall A. Implementing a fall risk assessment strategy for older people: Issues and outcomes. Clin Govern Bull 2002; 3 (3): 2-4.
15. McCarter-Bayer A, Bayer F, Hall K. Preventing falls in acute care: An innovative approach. J Gerontol Nurs 2005; 31 (3): 25-33.
16. Weber H. Pflegeexpertinnen helfen Stürze verhindern. In: Kantonsspital Luzern Newsletter, 2003: 3.
17. Morse JM. Computerized evaluation of a scale to identify the fall-prone patient. Can J Public Health 1986; 77 (Suppl. 1): 21-5.
18. Morse JM, Prowse MD, Morrow N, Federspeil G. A retrospective analysis of patient falls. Can J Public Health 1985; 76 (2): 116-18.
19. Schwendimann R. [Frequency and circumstances of falls in acute care hospitals: A pilot study]. Pflege 1998;11 (6): 335-41.
20. Gibson MA, RO, Isaacs B, Radebaugh T, Worm-Petersen J. The prevention of falls in later life. A report of the Kellogg International Work Group on the Prevention of Falls by the Elderly. Dan Med Bull 1987; 34 (Suppl. 4): 1-24.
21. Morse JM, Black C, Oberle K, Donahue P. A prospective study to identify the fall-prone patient. Soc Sci Med 1989; 28 (1): 81-6.
22. Haines TP, Bennell KL, Osborne RH, Hill KD. Effectiveness of targeted falls prevention programme in subacute hospital setting: Randomised controlled trial. Br Med J 2004; 328 (7441): 676.
23. Healey F, Monro A, Cockram A, Adams V, Heseltine D. Using targeted risk factor reduction to prevent falls in older inpatients: A randomised controlled trial. Age Ageing 2004; 33 (4): 390-5.
24. Oliver D, Hopper A, Seed P. Do hospital fall prevention programs work? A systematic review. J Am Geriatr Soc 2000; 48 (12): 1679-89.