Journal article
Agreement and predictive power of six fall risk assessment methods in community-dwelling older adults
Abstract
A large number of fall risk assessment methods are available with a variety of performances for screening the risk of falling in older adults, but their agreement for assessing the risk of falling remains unknown. This observational prospective cohort study describes the agreement and predictive power of methods to classify the risk of falling in older adults using prospective data and published cut-off values. Fifty-two participants aged 74 …
Authors
Menezes M; de Mello Meziat-Filho NA; Araújo CS; Lemos T; Ferreira AS
Journal
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 87, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.archger.2019.103975
ISSN
0167-4943