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Filter by:Fall prevention is an essential element in ensuring safe care for paediatric patients. The first step in building a risk reduction programme is the adoption of an assessment tool to identify those most at risk at an early stage. From October 2014 to date, a study has been conducted for the linguistic-cultural validation of the Humpty Dumpty Fall Scale (HDFS) in the Italian context, through a multicentre survey with the help of the Clinical Risk Management Group of the Region of Tuscany. The objective of this study is the validation of the new Humpty Dumpty Fall Scale defined as Speedy Meyer-Fall Scale (SMFS) by assessing the comprehension and validity of the scale and items via Content Validity Index (SCVI and ICVI) estimation of inter-item reliability (Crombach's alpha), inter-rater reliability (Cohen's K), sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and ROC curve.
One third of adults over 65 and 50% of adults above 80 years old fall at list once a year. In some cases, falls result in fractures, hospitalization, functional limitations, depression, morbidity and mortality. Strong evidence support exercise training programs for fall prevention, while several studies examined the effect of perturbation training on risk of fall. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a perturbation training program with unexpected perturbation using balance tutor on falls and injuries among elderly at risk of falling, compared to balance and strengthening exercise.