RT Journal Article
T1 Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients: a systematic review protocol
A1 Aranda-Gallardo, Marta
A1 Morales-Asencio, José Miguel
A1 Canca-Sánchez, José Carlos
A1 Mora-Banderas, Ana María
A1 Moya-Suárez, Ana Belén
K1 Pacientes - Accidentes
AB AbstractAim. The purpose of this article is to present the research protocol of asystematic review about fall risk assessment tools in acute hospitalized patients.Background. Various risk assessment tools for falls have been developed, butwith uncertainties derived from validation in heterogeneous environments andvariations in their sensitivity, specificity and predictive validity.Design. Systematic review and meta-analysis.Methods. Two independent reviewers will extract data in a blinded process.Quality of studies will be assessed using various standardized instruments. Ameta-analysis will be performed if applicable. For all studies, sensitivity,specificity, positive and negative predictive values, together with the positive andnegative likelihood ratios and Youden index will be calculated. The diagnosticodds ratio of the studies and the hierarchical summary Relative OperatingCharacteristic curve and bivariate model will be applied. Calculations will bemade from random effects models. Forest-plot diagrams for sensitivity andspecificity and likelihood ratios, in addition to Cochrane’s Q test and the I2statistic, will be calculated. Funding of the review was confirmed in December2010.Discussion. The results of this review will help to clarify some uncertaintiesprovoked by earlier research findings and enable informed choice of a validated,reproducible instrument for assessing the risk of falls by hospital patients, so thatpreventive action may be taken to minimize this risk.
PB Wiley
YR 2012
FD 2012-06-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37479
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/37479
LA eng
NO Aranda-Gallardo M., Morales Asencio J.M., Canca-Sanchez J.C., Mora-Banderas A.M., Moya-Suarez A.B.(2012) Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients: a systematic review protocol.Journal of Advanced Nursing 69(1), 185–193. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06104.x
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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