Development of a Content Valid and Reliable Prehospital Environmental Falls Risk Assessment Tool for Older Adults.

CONCLUSION: We developed a construct valid and reliable assessment of environmental falls risk to be performed in the prehospital setting. Further trials should be conducted using this tool to determine appropriate cut scores and deployment in the prehospital setting to help with primary and secondary fall prevention. PMID: 31237795 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research