Accidental falls among community-dwelling older adults: Improving the identification process of persons at risk by nursing staff

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-282

  Coll Planas, Laura ^a,b   Kron, Martina ^b   Sander, Silvia ^b   Rißmann, Ulrich ^b,c   Becker, Clemens ^c   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^b  

^a Bethesda Geriatrische Klinik Ulm gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Community dwelling elderly; Fall risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING CARE PLAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING STAFF; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748517194     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-006-0396-0     Document Type: Article

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