Measuring fall risk and predicting who will fall: Clinimetric properties of four fall risk assessment tools for residential aged care

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 916-924

  Barker, Anna L ^a,b,e   Nitz, Jennifer C ^a   Low Choy, Nancy L ^c   Haines, Terry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Northern Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

^c BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly persons; Fall risk; Nursing home; Prognostic validity; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FALLS ASSESSMENT RISK AND MANAGEMENT TOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELBOURNE FALL RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; PENINSULA HEALTH FALL RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUEENSLAND FALL RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; YOUDEN INDEX;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67650649522     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp041     Document Type: Article

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