Currently hospital falls are a major healthcare concern worldwide because of the ageing population. Current observational data and vital signs give the critical information related to the patient's physiology, and motion data provide an additional tool in falls risk assessment. These data combined ...
The Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) was by far the commonest, with smaller numbers using the Tinetti POMA, TUG test, Falls Risk Assessment Score for the Elderly (FRASE) [32], and Berg Balance Scale. Validation of a falls risk assessment tool in the subacute hospital setting: A pilot st...
Background : Falls can have an impact on hospital resources including pressure on nursing productivity. As part of a wider project under the guidance of the Joanna Briggs Institute, St John of God Murdoch Hospital took part in a project designed to investigate if a falls risk assessment was do...
Rumero MM, Vaidean G. Development of a risk assessment tool for falls prevention in hospital in patients based on the Medication Appropriateness Index (MAI) and modified beer's criteria. Innovations in Pharmacy Article: Practice-Based Research. 2012; 3 (1): 1-2....
Falls are among the most frequent and costly population health issues, costing $50bn each year in the US. In current clinical practice, falls (and associated fall risk) are often self-reported after the “first fall”, delaying primary prevention of fall
The response to strength training, strategy training or life-skills social interventions in the "off' phase of the levodopa cycle cannot be ascertained. Moreover the results can only be generalised to outpatient therapy services and may not be directly applicable to home or hospital care....
A fall-risk scale developed from community-dwelling older people might not accurately predict falls in hospitalized patients. Further research to validate the negative effect of beta-blocker use on falls is required. 展开 关键词: falls hospital medication use older patients psychotropics DOI: ...
It is difficult to accurately assess the likelihood that a patient will fall. Accurate prediction of fall risk is important for efficient allocation of hospital resources to prevent falls. Accurate assessment of fall risk requires consideration of a large number of contributing factors. New research ...
Development of a tool to assess risk for falls in women in hospital obstetric units. Because women hospitalized in obstetric units are typically young and healthy, they might be overlooked when health care providers assess for risk for fall... L Heafner,D Suda,N Casalenuovo,... - 《Nursing...
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