Completion and return of fall diaries varies with participants' level of education, first language, and baseline fall risk

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-214

  Perry, Laura ^a   Kendrick, Denise ^b   Morris, Richard ^c   Dinan, Susie ^c   Masud, Tahir ^d   Skelton, Dawn ^e   Iliffe, Steve ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fall diaries; Falls; Health literacy

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84856161135     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr175     Document Type: Article

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