Development of a simple scoring tool in the primary care setting for prediction of recurrent falls in men and women aged 65 years and over living in the community

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1038-1048

  Woo, Jean ^a,b   Leung, Jason ^b   Wong, Samuel ^b   Kwok, Timothy ^b   Lee, Jenny ^b   Lynn, Henry ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Community; Falls; Nurses; Nursing; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61849093025     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02591.x     Document Type: Article

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