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TOTAL
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69.76 (9.56) *
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5504 (41.43%)*
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5358 (40.33%)*
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Barker 2011 [42]
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Phase I: 263 patients. Phase II 52 patients
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Prospective cross-sectional study. Phase I: Assessment of predicitive accuracy; phase II: Assessment on inter-rater agreement.
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The Northern Hospital Modified STRATIFY (TNH-STRATIFY) vs STRATIFY.
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61.32 (20.65)
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137 (52.09%)
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126 (47.91%)
|
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Chapman 2011 [43]
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1540 patients.
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Descriptive and comparative cross-sectional study.
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The Maine Medical Center fall risk assessment, the New York-Presbiterian Fall and injury risk assessment tool, Morse Fall Scale and Hendrich II fall risk model.
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n.a.
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n.a.
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n.a.
|
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Ivziku 2011 [44]
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179 patients.
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Descriptive prospective study.
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Hendrich Fall Risk Model II (HFRM II).
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79.47 (9.5)
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74 (41.34%)
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105 (58.66%)
|
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Kim EAN 2007 [26]
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Validity study: 5489 patients. Reliability study: 144 patients
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Prospective descriptive study.
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Morse Fall Scale (MFS), St Thomas Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY) and Hendrich II Fall Risk Model (HFRM II).
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55 (19)
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2842 (51.78%)
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2647 (48.22%)
|
|
Kim KS 2011 [27]
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356 patients.
|
Prospective cohort study.
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Morse Fall Scale (MFS), Bobath Memorial Hospital Fall Risk Assessment Scale (BMFRAS), Johns Hopkins Hospital Fall Risk Assessment Tool (JHFRAT).
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62.6 (n.a.)
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201 (56.46%)
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155 (43.54%)
|
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Lovallo 2010 [45]
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1148 patients.
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Prospective observational study.
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Conley Scale and Hendrich Fall Risk Model.
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69 (10.33)
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680 (59.23%)
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468 (40.77%)
|
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Milisen 2007 [23]
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Total sample: 2568 patients; surgical wards: 875 patients; medical wards: 1006 patients.
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Prospective multicenter study.
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St. Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly Inpatients (STRATIFY).
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Medical wards: 64.1 (18); Surgical wards: 58.2 (17.1)
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Medical wards: 494 (49.10%); Surgical wards: 439 (50.17%)
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Medical wards: 512 (50.9%); Surgical wards: 436 (49.83%)
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Oliver 1997 [15]
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Phase 1: 116 cases and 116 controls; phase 2 (local validation): 217 patients; phase 3 (remote validation): 331 patients.
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Phase 1: a prospective casecontrol study. Phases 2 and 3: prospective cohort study.
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Development of STRATIFY.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
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Papaioannou 2004 [20]
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620 patients.
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Prospective validation cohort study.
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Weigthed STRATIFY vs Unweighted STRATIFY.
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78 (7.7)
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282 (45.48%)
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338 (54.52%)
|
|
Schmid 1990 [46]
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Phase 1: 204 patients; phase 2: 334 patients.
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Phase 1: a retrospective casecontrol study. Phase 2: prospective cohort study.
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Development of a new fall risk assessment tool.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
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Schwendimann 2006 A [22]
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386 patients.
|
Prospective cohort study.
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Morse Fall Scale (MFS).
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70.3 (18.5)
|
156 (40.41%)
|
230 (59.59%)
|
|
Schwendimann 2007 [25]
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275 patients.
|
Prospective cohort study.
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Morse Fall Scale (MFS).
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80.3 (12.4)
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99 (36%)
|
176 (64%)
|
|
Vassallo 2005 [47]
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135 patients.
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Prospective, open, observational study.
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STRATIFY, Downton, Tullamore, and Tinetti.
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83.8 (8.01)
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49 (36.3%)
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86 (63.7%)
|
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Walsh 2010 [48]
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130 inpatients in the predictive accuracy evaluation; 25 and 35 inpatients for the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability analyses.
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Prospective cohort study of predictive validity and observational investigation of intra- and inter-rater reliability.
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A new instrument (Western Health Falls Risk Assessment, WHeFRA) was compared with ‘gold standard tool’ (STRATIFY).
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75 (29–94)**
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51 (39.23%)
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79 (60.77%)
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