Fall Risk Index predicts functional decline regardless of fall experiences among community-dwelling elderly

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 659-666

  Ishimoto, Yasuko ^a   Wada, Taizo ^a   Kasahara, Yoriko ^a   Kimura, Yumi ^a   Fukutomi, Eriko ^a   Chen, Wenling ^a   Hirosaki, Mayumi ^c   Nakatsuka, Masahiro ^d   Fujisawa, Michiko ^e   Sakamoto, Ryota ^b   Ishine, Masayuki ^f   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^b   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^g   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER OF KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Yasugi Clinic   (Japan)

^g TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

21 item Fall Risk Index; Basic activities of daily living; Community dwelling elderly; Falls; Japan

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84866758710     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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