A follow-up study on fall and fracture incidence in long-term care including the role of formal caregiver time on fall incidence rates

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 292-296

  Becker, Clemens ^a   Loy, S ^b   Nikolaus, Th ^c   Rissmann U ^a   Rapp, K ^a   Lindemann, B ^a   Kron, M ^b  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Bethesda Geriatrische Klinik Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Long term care; Quality of care; Staff time

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748485363     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-006-0399-x     Document Type: Article

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