The FIM® instrument to identify patients at risk of falling in geriatric wards: A 10-year retrospective study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-331

  Petitpierre, Nicolas Julien ^a   Trombetti, Andrea ^a   Carroll, Iain ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Herrmann, François Richard ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Elderly; FIM ; Inpatients; Instrument

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77951890074     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq010     Document Type: Article

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