title: The Baptist Health High-Risk Falls Assessment: One Assessment Fits All.
abstract: Assessing high risk for falling among psychiatric inpatients is particularly challenging in that assessments with strong sensitivity and specificity are not available. The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio of the Baptist Health High Risk Falls Assessment (BHHRFA), a medical-surgical fall risk assessment, in a psychiatric inpatient population. Data collected on 5910 psychiatric inpatients using the BHHRFA showed acceptable sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (0.68/0.70/4.964).
authors.affiliation: Baptist Health Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky (Messrs Bugajski and Lengerich, Mss McCowan, Merritt, and Hall, and Drs Moe and Brockopp); and Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Baptist Health Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (Ms Nelson).
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bugajski
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lengerich
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCowan
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merritt
authors.forename: Krista
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moe
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brockopp
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D033303:Protestantism; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data