Evaluation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model to Portuguese

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 468-474

  Caldevilla, Ma Nilza ^a   Costa, Ma Arminda M ^a   Teles, Paulo ^b   Ferreira, Pedro M ^b  

^a Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Falls; Hendrich II Fall Risk Model; Logistic regression; Nursing; Older people; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FALLING; HUMAN; PORTUGAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE);

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PORTUGAL; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84877795204     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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