Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review

Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review

David Oliver

Objective: to identify all published papers on risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital inpatients. To identify clinical risk assessment tools or individual clinical risk factors predictive of falls, with the ultimate aim of informing the design of effective fall prevention strategies.

COPYRIGHT 2004 Oxford University Press

COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group