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.
History
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