Acute health status and its relationship to falls in the nursing home.
1. Falls represent a major health threat to the elderly, often resulting in injury, disability and/or death. 2. A significant association between acute changes in health status and falling was revealed in this study over 1-month, 2-month and alternating time periods. 3. Nurses' fall prevention efforts should be more attuned to the more relevant predictor of changing health status and functioning capability of residents.
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D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006304:Health Status; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012189:Retrospective Studies