Four-item fall risk screening tool for subacute and residential aged care: The first step in fall prevention

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Stapleton, Caroline ^a,f   Hough, Peter ^a   Oldmeadow, Leonie ^a,b   Bull, Karen ^a   Hill, Keith ^c,d   Greenwood, Kenneth ^e  

^a PENINSULA HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Mt Eliza Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fall; Residential aged care; Risk screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBACUTE CARE;

EID: 69649095110     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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