Should elderly patients be screened for their 'falls risk'? Validity of the STRATIFY falls screening tool and predictors of falls in a large acute hospital

Age Ageing. 2008 Nov;37(6):702-6. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afn153. Epub 2008 Aug 13.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Accidental Falls*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Geriatric Assessment / methods*
  • Humans
  • Inpatients*
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Probability
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sensitivity and Specificity