Knowledge of risk factors for falling reported by patients with parkinson disease

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 336-341

  Sadowski, Cheryl A ^a   Jones, Allyson C ^a   Gordon, Beverly ^a   Feeny, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYPHARMACY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ALBERTA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; POLYPHARMACY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39549097790     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01376517-200712000-00004     Document Type: Article

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