Practicality, validity and sensitivity to change of fear of falling self-report in hospitalised elderly - A comparison of four instruments

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Denkinger, Michael D ^a   Igl, Wilmar ^b   Coll Planas, Laura ^c   Nikolaus, Thorsten ^a   Bailer, Stefanie ^a   Bader, Anne ^a   Jamour, Michael ^d  

^a Geriatrische Klinik gGmbH   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Krankenhaus GmbH Alb Donau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FALLS EFFICACY SCALE INTERNATIONAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58849110906     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn233     Document Type: Letter

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