Identifying older people at high risk of future falls: Development and validation of a screening tool for use in emergency departments

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 918-922

  Tiedemann, Anne ^a,b   Sherrington, Catherine ^a,b   Orr, Teresa ^a   Hallen, Jamie ^c   Lewis, Donna ^d   Kelly, Ann ^c   Vogler, Constance ^b,d   Lord, Stephen R ^a   Close, Jacqueline C T ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887816295     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201783     Document Type: Article

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