Journal article
Development and validation of the Fracture Risk Scale (FRS) that predicts fracture over a 1-year time period in institutionalised frail older people living in Canada: an electronic record-linked longitudinal cohort study
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To develop and validate our Fracture Risk Scale (FRS) over a 1-year time period, using the long-term care (LTC) Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set Version 2.0 (RAI-MDS 2.0).
DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study.
Authors
Ioannidis G; Jantzi M; Bucek J; Adachi JD; Giangregorio L; Hirdes J; Pickard L; Papaioannou A
Journal
BMJ Open, Vol. 7, No. 9,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
9 2017
DOI
10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016477
ISSN
2044-6055