title: The Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale: a case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess whether the Humpty Dumpty Falls Scale (HDFS) identifies hospitalized pediatric patients at high risk for falls.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was a matched case-control design. A chart review of 153 pediatric cases who fell and 153 controls who did not fall were pair-matched by age, gender, and diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High-risk patients fell almost twice as often as low-risk patients (odds ratio 1.87, confidence interval = 1.01, 3.53, p = .03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A Falls Prevention Pediatric Program with the HDFS tool addresses the Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals, but further research is needed to examine HDFS sensitivity-specificity.
authors.affiliation: Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hill-Rodriguez
authors.forename: Patricia R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Messmer
authors.forename: Phoebe D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Zeller
authors.forename: Arthur R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D018570:Risk Assessment