Geriatric patients' mobility status as reflected by the relevant items of the Barthel Index and in-hospital falls [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1012-1013

  Von Renteln Kruse, Wolfgang ^a   Krause, Tom ^a   Dieckmann, Petra ^a   Vogel, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTHEL INDEX; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MOBILIZATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT MOBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744927913     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00755.x     Document Type: Letter

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