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Risk items associated with patient falls in oncology and medical settings
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posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00 authored by B O`Connell, Linda Baker, Cadeyrn GaskinCadeyrn Gaskin, Mary HawkinsThe aim of this study was to determine whether items on a falls risk-assessment tool, made up of brief cognitive and physical measures that nurses use in practice, differentiated fallers and nonfallers in oncology and medical settings. A measure of leg muscle strength clearly distinguished between fallers and nonfallers, with the latter having stronger leg muscles. For nursing practice, the assessment of patients' muscle strength seems to be the most useful scale for identifying potential fallers.
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Journal of nursing care qualityVolume
22Issue
2Pagination
130 - 137Publisher
Lippincott Williams & WilkinsLocation
Philadelphia, Pa.ISSN
1057-3631Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2007, Wolters Kluwer Health & Lippincott Williams & WilkinsUsage metrics
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