Validation of the LASA fall risk profile for recurrent falling in older recent fallers

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1242-1248

  Peeters, G M E E ^a   Pluijm, Saskia M F ^b   Van Schoor, Natasja M ^a   Elders, Petra J M ^a,c   Bouter, Lex M ^d   Lips, Paul ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c De Grote Rivieren   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Fall risk; Old age; Predictive validity; Recurrent falling; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMERGENCY WARD; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL AGING STUDY AMSTERDAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT FALLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 77956972405     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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