A pilot study for development of a novel tool for clinical decision making to identify fallers among ophthalmic patients

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Melillo, P ^a,b   Orrico, A ^a,b   Attanasio, M ^a,b   Rossi, S ^b   Pecchia, L ^c,d   Chirico, F ^b   Testa, F ^b   Simonelli, F ^b  

^a SHARE Project Italian Ministry of Education Scientific Research and University   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities of Daily Vision Scale; fall prediction in elderly; Fall risk; poor vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; VISION DISORDERS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84977265658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-15-S3-S6     Document Type: Article

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