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[Fall risk and fracture. Fall risk assessment].
Clinical calcium, 2013For the prevention of fall and its associated injuries including various fractures among the elderly, some simple and clinical screening tools for prediction of falls for the community-dwelling elderly have been developed. In Japan, Toba et al. (2005) explored a portable Fall Risk Index (FRI) consisting of 22items for the elderly living in the ...
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Professional nurse (London, England), 2002
A multidisciplinary working group in a London hospital set up a questionnaire system to reduce patient falls. The framework it put in place is now a way of life at the hospital and could provide the basis for a wider Clinical Governance project.
M, Crawford, S, Wood
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A multidisciplinary working group in a London hospital set up a questionnaire system to reduce patient falls. The framework it put in place is now a way of life at the hospital and could provide the basis for a wider Clinical Governance project.
M, Crawford, S, Wood
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Falls prevention: Identification of predictive fall risk factors
Applied Nursing Research, 2016Patient falls are the most common adverse safety event in hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide. There are many risk factors associated with inpatient falls such as medications, unsteady gait, alteration in mental status, and environmental hazards. Risk assessment is the primary intervention for falls prevention.
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2017
Based on the discussions in Chap. 5 and the relationships shown in Fig. 5.5, hip fracture risk, measured by the load-strength ratio (LSR), is jointly determined by four biomechanical variables, i.e. the risk of fall, impact force, femur bone quality and femur geometry.
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Based on the discussions in Chap. 5 and the relationships shown in Fig. 5.5, hip fracture risk, measured by the load-strength ratio (LSR), is jointly determined by four biomechanical variables, i.e. the risk of fall, impact force, femur bone quality and femur geometry.
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Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
What was the nature of the CPD activity, practice-related feedback and/or event and/or experience in your practice? The article discussed falls risk assessment for older inpatients. It outlined the physical and psychological factors that nurses should consider when undertaking these assessments, and detailed the effects that older people may experience
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What was the nature of the CPD activity, practice-related feedback and/or event and/or experience in your practice? The article discussed falls risk assessment for older inpatients. It outlined the physical and psychological factors that nurses should consider when undertaking these assessments, and detailed the effects that older people may experience
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