Predicting falls among psychiatric inpatients: A case-control study at a state psychiatric facility

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1245-1250

  Estrin, Irene ^a   Goetz, Raymond ^a   Hellerstein, David J ^a   Bennett Staub, Amy ^a   Seirmarco, Gretchen ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MOOD STABILIZER; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; ZOLPIDEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 69949109621     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.9.1245     Document Type: Article

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