The development of a multidisciplinary fall risk evaluation tool for demented nursing home patients in the Netherlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Neyens, Jacques C L ^a,b   Dijcks, Béatrice P J ^b   Van Haastregt, Jolanda C M ^c,d   De Witte, Luc P ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Wim J A ^b,c   Crebolder, Harry F J M ^c   Schols, Jos M G A ^c,d,e  

^a Nursing Home de Riethorst ^*  (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Vivre   (Netherlands)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; CONFUSION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONSENSUS; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745180166     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-74     Document Type: Article

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