Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool
Background: The aim of this study was to develop a brief screening tool for use in the emergency department (ED), to identify people who require further assessment and management. Methods: This prospective study included 344 community-dwelling older people presenting to an ED after a fall. After dir...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
Oxford University Press
2009
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30425 |
| _version_ | 1848753085428531200 |
|---|---|
| author | Russell, M. Hill, Keith Day, L. Blackberry, I. Gurrin, L. Dharmage, S. |
| author_facet | Russell, M. Hill, Keith Day, L. Blackberry, I. Gurrin, L. Dharmage, S. |
| author_sort | Russell, M. |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Background: The aim of this study was to develop a brief screening tool for use in the emergency department (ED), to identify people who require further assessment and management. Methods: This prospective study included 344 community-dwelling older people presenting to an ED after a fall. After direct discharge participants had a home-based assessment performed that included the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com), a comprehensive, yet simple, multifactorial falls risk assessment tool. They were then monitored for falls for 12 months. The items from the FROP-Com assessment tool predictive of falls in a multifactorial logistic regression were used to develop the FROP-Com screen. Results: The items significantly predictive of falls and combined to form the FROP-Com screen were: Falls in the previous 12 months, observation of the person's balance and the need for assistance to perform domestic activities of daily living. At the cut-off with the highest Youden index sensitivity was 67.1% (95% CI 59.9-74.3) and specificity was 66.7% (95% CI 59.8-73.6). Conclusion: the FROP-Com screen has a relatively good capacity to predict falls. It can be used in time-limited situations to classify those at high risk of falls who require more detailed assessment and management. © The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T08:18:54Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-30425 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T08:18:54Z |
| publishDate | 2009 |
| publisher | Oxford University Press |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-304252023-02-22T06:24:15Z Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool Russell, M. Hill, Keith Day, L. Blackberry, I. Gurrin, L. Dharmage, S. Background: The aim of this study was to develop a brief screening tool for use in the emergency department (ED), to identify people who require further assessment and management. Methods: This prospective study included 344 community-dwelling older people presenting to an ED after a fall. After direct discharge participants had a home-based assessment performed that included the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com), a comprehensive, yet simple, multifactorial falls risk assessment tool. They were then monitored for falls for 12 months. The items from the FROP-Com assessment tool predictive of falls in a multifactorial logistic regression were used to develop the FROP-Com screen. Results: The items significantly predictive of falls and combined to form the FROP-Com screen were: Falls in the previous 12 months, observation of the person's balance and the need for assistance to perform domestic activities of daily living. At the cut-off with the highest Youden index sensitivity was 67.1% (95% CI 59.9-74.3) and specificity was 66.7% (95% CI 59.8-73.6). Conclusion: the FROP-Com screen has a relatively good capacity to predict falls. It can be used in time-limited situations to classify those at high risk of falls who require more detailed assessment and management. © The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30425 10.1093/ageing/afn196 Oxford University Press unknown |
| spellingShingle | Russell, M. Hill, Keith Day, L. Blackberry, I. Gurrin, L. Dharmage, S. Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool |
| title | Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool |
| title_full | Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool |
| title_fullStr | Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool |
| title_short | Development of the falls risk for older people in the community (FROP-Com) screening tool |
| title_sort | development of the falls risk for older people in the community (frop-com) screening tool |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30425 |