Evaluation of three fall-risk assessment tools in an acute care setting

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-435

  Kim, Emily Ang Neo ^a,b   Mordiffi, Siti Zubaidah ^b   Bee, Wong Hwee ^c   Devi, Kamala ^d   Evans, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^d SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Fall risk assessment tool; Falls; Instrument validation; Nursing; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35148889796     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04419.x     Document Type: Article

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