Factors affecting falls in community-dwelling individuals with stroke in Singapore after hospital discharge

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 569-575

  Chin, Lay Fong ^a   Wang, Juliana Y Y ^a   Ong, Cheng Hong ^a   Lee, Wing Kuen ^a   Kong, He Keng ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Community; Discharge; Falls; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL COGNITION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTURAL BALANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STROKE;

EID: 84886073481     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013202     Document Type: Article

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