Predicting the risk of falling – efficacy of a risk assessment tool compared to nurses' judgement: a cluster-randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN37794278]

BACKGROUND: Older people living in nursing homes are at high risk of falling because of their general frailty and multiple pathologies. Prediction of falls might lead to an efficient allocation of preventive measures. Although several tools to assess the risk of falling have been developed, their im...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Gabriele, Köpke, Sascha, Bender, Ralf, Mühlhauser, Ingrid
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1312310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16285880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-5-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1312310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16285880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-5-14

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