Falls in older hospital inpatients and the effect of cognitive impairment: A secondary analysis of prevalence studies

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 175-183

  Härlein, Jürgen ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b   Dassen, Theo ^a   Lahmann, Nils A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Epidemiology; Hospital; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78650249021     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03460.x     Document Type: Article

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