A self-report home environment screening tool identified older women at risk of falls

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-199

  Hassani Mehraban, Afsoon ^a   MacKenzie, Lynette A ^b   Byles, Julie E ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agreement; Evaluation; Injury; Instrument development; Prevention; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME FALLS AND ACCIDENTS SCREENING TOOL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 78650516699     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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