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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