Falls prediction in acute care units: preliminary results from a prospective cohort study

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Aug;62(8):1605-7. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12962.

Authors

Frederic Noublanche¹, Romain Simon, Frederique Decavel, Marie-Claude Lefort, Cedric Annweiler, Olivier Beauchet

Affiliation

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France; Department of Nurse Care, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France.

PMID: 25116990
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12962

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accidental Falls / statistics & numerical data*
Aged
Female
France / epidemiology
Humans
Inpatients / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors