Use of the ‘STRATIFY’ falls risk assessment in patients recovering from acute stroke

• Published in: Age and ageing Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 138 - 143
• Main Authors: Smith, Jane, Forster, Anne, Young, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.03.2006; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: accidental falls; Accidental Falls - prevention & control; Accidental Falls - statistics & numerical data; Acute Disease; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Cardiac patients; Care and treatment; cerebrovascular disorders; Cohort Studies; elderly; Falls; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Medical research; Middle Aged; Mobility Limitation; Older people; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Rehabilitation; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment; ROC Curve; Sensitivity and Specificity; Stroke; Stroke (Disease); Stroke - complications; Stroke Rehabilitation; British Isles, England; United Kingdom > UK; England

Objectives: to investigate the predictive validity and reliability of the STRATIFY falls risk assessment tool as applied to patients recovering from acute stroke. Design: prospective cohort study. Setting: six stroke rehabilitation units in the North of England. Subjects: all patients with a diagnos...