Comparison of the psychometric properties of three commonly used fall risk assessment tools: A prospective observational study for stroke patients

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 Comparison of the psychometric properties of three commonly used fall risk assessment tools: A prospective observational study for stroke patients

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 29(6) , Pgs. 430-437.

NARIC Accession Number: J89498.  What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Arslan, Özge; Tosun, Zeynep.
Publication Year: 2022.
Number of Pages: 8.

Abstract: 

Study identified the most reliable fall risk assessment tool among the Morse Fall Scale (MFS), Itaki Fall Risk Scale (Itaki FRS) and Hendrich II Fall Risk Model (HIIFRM) for hospitalized stroke patients. Data were obtained from 125 stroke patients. The fall risk and incidents of falling were monitored daily over the course of the patients’ stay at the hospital. The Functional Independence Measure, Itaki FRS, HIIFRM, and MFS were used for the study data. The fall risk of the patients was calculated by taking the median of all the fall risk assessments. The outcome measure was the patient’s fall during hospitalization. The differentiation between the fall risk tools was assessed with sensitivity-specificity analysis and the receiver operating characteristic curve. The mean age of the research participants was 71.47 years. It was determined that 9.6 percent of the patients fell at least once during the follow-up period, which was 8.66 days on average. The sensitivity and specificity rates of the fall risk assessment tools were respectively 75.0 percent and 63.7 percent for the Itaki FRS, 83.3 percent and 50.4 percent for the HIIFRM, and 91.7 percent and 73.5 percent for the MFS. The cutoff points on the tools were 14 for the Itaki FRS, 4.5 for the HIIFRM, and 66.2 for the MFS. The findings suggest that MFS is a more reliable tool than Itaki FRS or HIIFRM in determining fall risk in hospitalized stroke patients.
Descriptor Terms: EQUILIBRIUM, HOSPITALS, MEASUREMENTS, OUTCOMES, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, POSTURE, STROKE.


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Citation: Arslan, Özge, Tosun, Zeynep. (2022). Comparison of the psychometric properties of three commonly used fall risk assessment tools: A prospective observational study for stroke patients.  Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 29(6), Pgs. 430-437. Retrieved 9/27/2022, from REHABDATA database.