Diagnostic validity of the STRATIFY and Downton instruments for evaluating the risk of falls by hospitalised acute-care patients: a multicentre longitudinal study.

Marta Aranda-GallardoMargarita Enriquez de Luna-RodriguezMaria J Vazquez-BlancoJose C Canca-SanchezAna B Moya-SuarezJose M Morales-Asencio

Published in: BMC health services research (2017)

The Downton and STRATIFY falls risk assessment instruments presented little utility as means of detecting the risk of falls among a sample of adult patients admitted to acute care hospitals. Fall prevention in hospitals should be based on the study of individual risk factors.

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