Risk factors of falls in community-dwelling older adults: Logistic regression tree analysis

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 822-832

  Yamashita, Takashi ^a   Noe, Douglas A ^a   Bailer, A John ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall risk factors; Health and Retirement Study; Injury; Logistic regression tree; LOTUS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869411208     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns043     Document Type: Article

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