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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 Hawkins
The 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

Journal of nursing care quality

Volume

22

Issue

2

Pagination

130 - 137

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Location

Philadelphia, Pa.

ISSN

1057-3631

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2007, Wolters Kluwer Health & Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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