ArticleArchives of gerontology and geriatrics
Validation and comparison of fall screening tools for predicting future falls among older adults.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Evaluate the Results of Fall Prevention in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Validation of the Self-Assessment for Falls in the Elderly (SAFE) Questionnaire to Assess the Risk of Falls in People Aged 60 or Over.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Validation of the World Falls Guidelines risk stratification algorithm. A systematic review.Age and ageing · 2026Pooled it
- Does concern about falling predict future falls in older adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Long-Term Minimal Footwear Use on Fall-Risk and Fall Incidence in Older Adults.Gerontology · 2026Trial
- Fall Risk and Physical/Occupational Therapy Referral Patterns in Older Adults with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of neurotrauma · 2026Article
- Home blood pressure monitoring and the risk of falls in older adults with hypertension: The AMBROSIA-HOME study.American heart journal plus : cardiology research and practice · 2026Article
- The INITIATE (Initial Test for Fall Risk Assessment in the Elderly) prospective cohort study: baseline results.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Older adult fall injuries and the usage of fall screener tools.Journal of safety research · 2025Article
- Updating STEADI for Primary Care: Recommendations From the American Geriatrics Society Workgroup.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Assessing Older Adults' Readiness for Adopting Fall Prevention Recommendations Using the Transtheoretical Stages of Change.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Evaluation of content validity and feasibility of the World Falls Guidelines' three key questions to identify falls among older adult users of home care services in Norway.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- The effects of intrinsic foot muscle strengthening interventions for adults over age 65: a randomized controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a prediction model for falls among older people using community-based data.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024Article
- Retrospective evaluation of the world falls guidelines-algorithm in older adults.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Snapshot of Fall Prevention in Patients Referred to a Neurorehabilitation Unit: A Feasibility Study on the Use of an Airbag Device.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The role of the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management's risk stratification algorithm in predicting falls: a retrospective analysis of the Osteoarthritis Initiative.Age and ageing · 2024Observational
- Healthcare spending for non-fatal falls among older adults, USA.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2024Article
- Fall risk question-based tools for fall screening in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of the literature.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2023Review
- Fall risk stratification of community-living older people. Commentary on the world guidelines for fall prevention and management.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- The use of the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management's risk stratification algorithm in predicting falls in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).Age and ageing · 2023Article
- Predicting future falls in older people using natural language processing of general practitioners' clinical notes.Age and ageing · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundFalls are the leading cause of injuries among older adults in the United States (US). Falls are preventable and clinicians are advised to screen for fall risk yearly. There are many falls screening tools and not all have been validated for their ability to predict future falls.
methodsWe enrolled 1905 community-dwelling older adults into a 13-month study using a probability-based representative panel of the US population recruited from NORC at the University of Chicago's National Frame. Respondents completed a baseline survey, 11 monthly fall calendars, and a final survey. The baseline survey included six falls screening tools (the Stay Independent, Three Key Questions (3KQ), a modified American Geriatric/British Geriatric tool, the short Falls Efficacy-1[FES-I]) and two single screening questions ("I have fallen in the past year" and "How many times did you fall in the past 12 months?"). The baseline and final survey collected demographic and health information, including falls. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios, and corresponding 95% confidence intervals were calculated in SAS using weighted proportions.
resultsThere were 1563 respondents who completed the final survey (completion rate 82%). Sensitivity estimates ranged from 22.5% for the short FES-I to 68.7% for the 3KQ. Specificity estimates ranged from 57.9% for the 3KQ to 89.4% for the short FES-I.
conclusionsFalls screening tools have varying sensitivity and specificity for predicting the occurrence of a fall in the following 12 months.
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