The Fall Risk Evaluation Tool (FRET)Berkeley Electronic Press Selected WorksMikaela ConlonIrene LeungDesiree ShaverMelanie SheaKitsum Li
Keywords: Accidental Falls,statistics & numerical data,Aged,Case-Control Studies,Female,Humans,Male,Middle Aged,Nursing Assessment,methods,standards,Nursing Evaluation Research,Questionnaires,Reproducibility of Results,Risk Factors,Sensitivity and Specificity ...
Falls are common in a range of clinical cohorts, where routine risk assessment often comprises subjective visual observation only. Typically, observational assessment involves evaluation of an individual’s gait during scripted walking protocols within a lab to identify deficits that potentially increase f...
A smartphone-based fall risk assessment tool: Measuring One Leg Standing, Sit to Stand and Falls Efficacy Scale. In Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application and Services, Lisbon, Portugal, 9–12 October 2013; pp. 529–533. [Google Scholar] Hsieh, S.L.;...
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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...
Similarly, members of the steering group who were line managers ‘sold’ fall risk assessment clinics to their staff using framing/reframing and vicarious consequences (for older people): ‘I tell them it's an integrated service for an actual screening tool to be used within the community, and...
This is the first study to examine a serious game for falls prevention education relating to extrinsic risk factors. The findings from our study suggest that education gaming needs to be considered as an additional tool to educate community adults about falls within the home. Our research supports...
Falls in older adults are a critical public health problem. As a means to assess fall risks, free-living digital biomarkers (FLDBs), including spatiotemporal gait measures, drawn from wearable inertial measurement unit (IMU) data have been investigated t
Our clinicians have embraced the automation tool in our EHR that links the ‘root cause’ to each identified risk factor as they see how EHR integration facilitates true person-centered, evidence-based fall interventions." Maryjo Phillips, DNP, RN-BC, CMSRNClinical Program Manager...