The reliability and predictive accuracy of the falls risk for older people in the community assessment (FROP-Com) tool

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 634-639

  Russell, Melissa A ^a,b   Hill, Keith D ^a,c   Blackberry, Irene ^a   Day, Lesley M ^d   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Elderly; Geriatric assessment; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FALLS RISK FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56749101878     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn129     Document Type: Article

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