Incidence of in-hospital falls in geriatric patients before and after the introduction of an interdisciplinary team-based fall-prevention intervention

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2068-2074

  Von Renteln Kruse, Wolfgang ^a,b   Krause, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Medizinisch Geriatrische Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Geriatric patients; In hospital falls

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEARING AID; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEX RATIO; SHOE; SPECTACLES; STAFF TRAINING; WALKING AID; WARD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 36849035512     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01424.x     Document Type: Article

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