The fall telephone for falls assessment in frail older persons; Feasibility, reliability, and validity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 372-373

  Reelick, Miriam F ^a   Faes, Miriam C ^a   Lenferink, Anke ^a   Esselink, Rianne A J ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; TELEPHONE; VALIDITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 79951653487     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.02900.x     Document Type: Letter

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