Prognostic validity of the Timed Up-and-Go test, a modified Get-Up-and-Go test, staff's global judgement and fall history in evaluating fall risk in residential care facilities
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Prognostic validity of the Timed Up-and-Go test, a modified Get-Up-and-Go test, staff's global judgement and fall history in evaluating fall risk in residential care facilities.
OBJECTIVES to evaluate and compare the prognostic validity relative to falls of the Timed Up-and-Go test (TUG), a modified Get-Up-and-Go test (GUG-m), staff's judgement of global rating of fall risk (GLORF) and fall history among frail older people. DESIGN cohort study, 6-month prospective follow-up for falls. PARTICIPANTS 183 frail persons living in residential care facilities in Sweden, m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn101