Falls in older hospital inpatients and the effect of cognitive impairment: a secondary analysis of prevalence studies.

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Summary

Cognitively impaired older people constitute a high-risk group for accidental falls in hospitals and fall prevention strategies in the hospital setting should address cognitively impaired inpatients as an important high- risk group.

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Published
2011-01-01
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Medicine, Odds ratio, Accidental, Cognition, Accidental fall

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