Using the care dependency scale for fall risk screening

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 594-601

  Mertens, Elke I ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Care Dependency Scale; Fall risk; Hospital; Instrument validation; Nursing; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249663279     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04265.x     Document Type: Article

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