Determination of the predictive value of a fall risk assessment scale in hospitalized elderly patients;Determinazione del valore predittivo di una scala di valutazione del rischio di cadute in pazienti anziani ospedalizzati

Assistenza Infermieristica e Ricerca

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-155

  Caldara, Cristina ^a   Destrebecq, Anne ^b   Savoldi, Luisa ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60749087431     PISSN: 15925986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1702/375.4387     Document Type: Article

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