Validation of self-reported fall events in intervention studies

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-339

  Mackenzie, Lynette ^a   Byles, Julie ^b   D'Este, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FALLING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RECALL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646750507     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215506cr947oa     Document Type: Article

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