Screening the risk of falls: A general or a specific instrument?

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 350-356

  Heinze, Cornelia ^a   Dassen, Theo ^a   Halfens, Ruud ^b   Lohrmann, Christa ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Care dependency scale; Hendrich fall risk model; Reliability; Risk of falls; Screening; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58349106089     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02453.x     Document Type: Article

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