Research article
Prediction of falls using a risk assessment tool in the acute care setting
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* Corresponding author: Alexandra Papaioannou papaioannou@hhsc.ca
1 Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
2 School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
3 Department of Statistics & Actuarial Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
4 Department of Clinical Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
5 Innovus Research Inc., Burlington, Ontario, Canada
6 Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BMC Medicine 2004, 2:1 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-2-1
Published: 21 January 2004Additional files
Additional File 1:
Appendix I: Falls Risk Screening Tool and Sample Calculations. Appendix I: Falls Risk Screening Tool and Sample Calculations. A description of how the weighted risk score formula was derived is described in this file. The falls risk screening tool is provided, with a patient example demonstrating how to calculate the overall risk score.
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