A pragmatic study of the predictive values of the Morse falls score.

Background: inpatient falls are an important safety challenge, with around half causing physical injuries that compromise the recovery of older, frailer patients. Falls risk scores are in widespread use, but validation studies of their predictive values are few.Objectives: to assess the predictive v...

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Publicado en:	Age & Ageing Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 462 - 469
Autores principales:	Healey, Frances, Haines, Terry P.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2013
Materias:	Hospital care of older people Medical screening Risk factors of falling down Confidence intervals Research methodology Predictive tests Research methodology evaluation Descriptive statistics
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