Falls in a psychiatric institution in Beijing, China

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-190

  An, Feng Rong ^a   Xiang, Yu Tao ^a,b   Lu, Jin Yan ^b   Lai, Kelly Y C ^b   Ungvari, Gabor S ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Fall; Inpatient; Psychiatric disorder; Psychotropic medication

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67650800321     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2009.00220.x     Document Type: Article

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