Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-46

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

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FALLS RISK FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58849137952     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn196     Document Type: Article

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