Aims: to find and describe, through a systematic review, validated assessment tool that evaluate the fall risk in older adults. Methods: MEDLINE, PEDro, CINAHL, and PsycINFO were consulted and no restrictions were applied to the year or country of publication but the searches were limited to ...
Fall risk assessment is a powerful tool that aids in determining the risk of falls for a given individual in order to provide early diagnosis and treatment to reduce or prevent future falls. Traditionally, clinical fall risk assessments among older adults consist of questionnaires or functional asses...
BMC Geriatrics volume 23, Article number: 574 (2023) Cite this article 2777 Accesses 6 Citations Metrics details Abstract Background The short physical performance battery (SPPB) is an easy-to-use tool for fall risk prediction, but its predictive value for falls and fall-induced injuries among...
Our model was designed with the intention of serving as a national surveillance tool for monitoring fall-related injuries in South Korea, where the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) operates a Drug Utilization Review (DUR) system. This system is instrumental in providing real-ti...
The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) increases diagnostic accuracy when evaluating older adults for fall risk. An interprofessional team is involved, including providers specialized in internal medicine, geriatrics, orthopedics, cardiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, endocrinology, neurology, ...
Thomas's Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY) Instrument: A Multicenter Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55: 725–733. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01151.x Author Information From the *Center for Health Services and Nursing Research, †Department of ...
WV Renteln-Kruse,T Krause - 《Journal of the American Geriatrics Society》 被引量: 155发表: 2007年 A preliminary psychometric evaluation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in 963 people livingwith a spinal cord injury This study aimed to evaluate the preliminary psychometric pro...
Patients received a fall risk assessment, a comprehensive medical assessment, and treatment by a geriatrician. Care was based on the American Geriatrics Society Fall Prevention Guidelines11 and is hereafter referred to as usual care. Care included medication adjustment, lifestyle recommendations (eg, ...
assessment and the implementation of preventive measures, several guidelines have been developed of which the guidelines of the American Geriatrics Society ‘Prevention of falls in older persons’ [39] and the NICE guideline ‘Falls: assessment and prevention of falls in older people’ [40] are ...
- 《Age & Ageing the Journal of the British Geriatrics Society & the British Society for Research on Ageing》 被引量: 31发表: 2017年 Effectiveness of the STOPP/START (Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to the Right Tre... ...