Is the Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) a feasible and valid predictor of short-term fall risk in nursing home residents with dementia?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-263

  Sterke, Carolyn S ^a,b   Huisman, Sawadi L ^a,b   Van Beeck, Ed F ^b   Looman, Caspar W N ^b   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^b  

^a De StromenOpmaatGroep   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Fall risk; Nursing homes; POMA

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TINETTI PERFORMANCE ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950590429     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209991347     Document Type: Article

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