Validity and reliability of an android device for the assessment of fall risk in older adult inmates

AIM: To validate the Android device, FallSkip, as a tool to assess the fallers in older adult inmates. DESIGN: A cross‐sectional descriptive and analytical study. METHODS: For the validation of the FallSkip, the diagnostic criterion used was the risk of having suffered a fall during the last year. R...

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Autores principales: Vera‐Remartínez, Enrique J., Lázaro‐Monge, Rocío, Casado‐Hoces, Sofía V., Garcés‐Pina, Elena, Molés‐Julio, María Pilar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36464813
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1532
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Sumario:AIM: To validate the Android device, FallSkip, as a tool to assess the fallers in older adult inmates. DESIGN: A cross‐sectional descriptive and analytical study. METHODS: For the validation of the FallSkip, the diagnostic criterion used was the risk of having suffered a fall during the last year. RESULTS: The results for the FallSkip tool were as follows: sensitivity 60.7%; specificity 83.0%; positive predictive value 65.4%; negative predictive value 80.0%; accuracy 75.3%. In total, 32.1% of participants were found to be at high risk of falls, 23.5% were at mild risk and 7.4% were found to have no risk. CONCLUSION: The FallSkip device is shown to be a very suitable tool for fall risk assessment. The sample studied presented a statistically significant percentage of fall risk, which made it necessary to carry out interventions through physical activities to improve balance and stability.

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