Sensors vs. experts - A performance comparison of sensor-based fall risk assessment vs. conventional assessment in a sample of geriatric patients

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Marschollek, Michael ^a   Rehwald, Anja ^a   Wolf, Klaus Hendrik ^b   Gietzelt, Matthias ^b   Nemitz, Gerhard ^c   Zu Schwabedissen, Hubertus Meyer ^c   Schulze, Mareike ^a  

^a Peter L Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of Technische Universität Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c Braunschweig Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79959598068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-48     Document Type: Article

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