Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Aranda Gallardo, Marta ^a   Morales Asencio, Jose M ^b   Canca Sanchez, Jose C ^a   Barrero Sojo, Silvia ^a   Perez Jimenez, Claudia ^a   Morales Fernandez, Angeles ^a   De Luna Rodriguez, Margarita Enriquez ^a   Moya Suarez, Ana B ^a   Mora Banderas, Ana M ^c  

^a Agencia Sanitaria Costa Del Sol ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Quality of Health Care Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Adverse events; Clinical safety; Inpatients; Nursing assessment; Risk assessment; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FALLING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875492050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-122     Document Type: Review

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