The Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale: A case-control study

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-32

  Hill Rodriguez, Deborah ^a   Messmer, Patricia R ^b,c   Williams, Phoebe D ^d   Zeller, Richard A ^e   Williams, Arthur R ^f   Wood, Maria ^a   Henry, Marianne ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Fall risk assessment tool; Pediatric falls prevention program; Pediatric falls tool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58349093178     PISSN: 15390136     EISSN: 17446155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2008.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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