Circumstances of falls and falls-related injuries in a cohort of older patients following hospital discharge

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 765-774

  Hill, Anne Marie ^a   Hoffmann, Tammy ^b,c   Haines, Terry P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Kingston Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Activities of daily living; Environment; Falls; Patient discharge

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TELEPHONE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ENVIRONMENT; FALLS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84879557420     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S45891     Document Type: Article

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