Predicting falls in elderly receiving home care: The role of malnutrition and impaired mobility

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 654-658

  Meijers, J M M ^a,c   Halfens, R J G ^a   Neyensj C L , ^a   Luiking, Y C ^b   Verlaan, G ^b   Schols, J M G A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANONE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care dependency; Falls; Home care; Immobility; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EAR DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; EYE DISEASE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84867316158     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-012-0010-7     Document Type: Review

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