作者: Linda Harrington , Rosemary Luquire , Nancy Vish , Melissa Winter , Claudia Wilder
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0B013E3181F88FBD
关键词: Medicine 、 Meta-analysis 、 Morse Fall Scale 、 Health care 、 Gerontology 、 Youden's J statistic 、 Poison control 、 Confidence interval 、 Nursing 、 Risk assessment 、 Risk management tools 、 Leadership and Management 、 General Medicine
摘要: OBJECTIVE:: The aim of the study was to identify which fall-risk tool is most accurate for assessing adults in hospital setting. BACKGROUND:: Falls can have physical, emotional, social, and financial consequences. Risk assessment affords first opportunity prevention. METHODS:: To standardize use a across Baylor Health Care System, nurse executives undertook meta-analysis published research on tools used with adult inpatients. RESULTS:: Both random-effects fixed-effects models showed that Morse Fall Scale had significantly higher sensitivity than St Thomas's Assessment Tool (STRATIFY). Specificity lower STRATIFY model, but model opposite. Youden index (P = .001), result from indicated no significant difference .117). sensitivity, specificity, fell within 95% confidence intervals. CONCLUSIONS:: Meta-analysis useful methodology evaluating current evidence when variation exists literature. Language: en