Prediction of falls using a risk assessment tool in the acute care setting

A Papaioannou, W Parkinson, R Cook, N Ferko… - BMC medicine, 2004 - Springer
… of data on falls in hospital to update risk scores in the STRATIFY study, would inflate the
calculated predictive validity and decrease useful prediction. In fact, the majority of falls occur in …

Is the Timed Up and Go test a useful predictor of risk of falls in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Barry, R Galvin, C Keogh, F Horgan, T Fahey - BMC geriatrics, 2014 - Springer
… The aim of this systematic review with meta-analysis is to examine the predictive value of
the test to identify individuals at risk in falling in the community using the frequently cited cut-off …

Predicting falls: considerations for screening tool selection vs. screening tool development

D McKechnie, J Pryor, MJ Fisher - Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… better understanding of considerations for falls risk screening tool selection vs… falls risk
screening tool. This paper equips clinicians for effecting change in relation to the prediction of falls

A risk model for the prediction of recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly: a prospective cohort study

PA Stalenhoef, JPM Diederiks, JA Knottnerus… - Journal of clinical …, 2002 - Elsevier
… the predictive value of risk factors for recurrent falls and the construction of a fall risk model
… of community-dwelling elderly at risk for recurrent falling in general practice. The design was …

Is functional fitness performance a useful predictor of risk of falls among community-dwelling older adults?

HH Ho, IY Fang, YC Yu, YP Huang, IL Kuo… - Archives of public …, 2021 - Springer
fall risk. This study examines the associations between functional fitness and the risk of falling
… than 6.6 s reflects a high fall-risk, and that this was the best predictor of fall-risk in terms of …

Can we predict the risk of falls in elderly patients with instability?

A Soto-Varela, A Faraldo-García, M Rossi-Izquierdo… - Auris Nasus …, 2015 - Elsevier
… If these equilibriometric techniques were useful for … greater risk of falling, we could focus
resources on that subgroup in order to reduce both the incidence and consequences of such falls

Predicting falls in older women

R Morris - Menopause international, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
… Epidemiological studies have identified a diverse group of risk factors for falls of … useful
in delineating high-risk groups and have propagated a range of risk assessment tools for falls. …

Predicting falls: the role of mobility and nonphysical factors

S Studenski, PW Duncan, J Chandler… - Journal of the …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
… a four-domain predictive model of recurrent falls developed for … but not sufficient element in
risk of recurrent falls. Three other … be useful to identify those elders who are at lowest risk for …

Predicting falls in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of prognostic models

GV Gade, MG Jørgensen, J Ryg, J Riis, K Thomsen… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… , on a single predictor among many, since otherwise useful predictors on each participant are
… In such cases, imputation methods have proved useful when dealing with missing data.17 …

The reliability and predictive accuracy of the falls risk for older people in the community assessment (FROP-Com) tool

MA Russell, KD Hill, I Blackberry, LM Day… - Age and …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
… in targeted multi-factorial falls prevention programmes. It fills … the reliability and predictive
accuracy of the FROP-Com. … emergency department after a fall and being discharged directly …