Falls and fall risk among nursing home residents

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-134

  Fonad, Edit ^a,d   Wahlin, Tarja Brita Robins ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Emami, Azita ^a   Sandmark, Helene ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Occupational and Environmental Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^d Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drugs; Falls; Injury prevention; Nursing; Old people; Physical restraints

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 36949000018     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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