Prognostic validity of the Timed Up-and-Go test, a modified Get-Up-and-Go test, staff's global judgement and fall history in evaluating fall risk in residential care facilities

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 442-448

  Nordin, Ellinor ^a   Lindelöf, Nina ^b,c   Rosendahl, Erik ^b   Jensen, Jane ^a   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fall risk; Likelihood; Prognostic validity; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; VALIDITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47049113778     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn101     Document Type: Article

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