Showing posts with label instruments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label instruments. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients


"The STRATIFY scale was found to be the best tool for assessing the risk of falls by hospitalized acutely-ill adults."

Instruments for assessing the risk of falls in acute hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
M Aranda-Gallardo, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:122

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Monday, 14 January 2013

Measuring organizational and individual factors thought to influence the success of quality improvement in primary care


"For researchers and those evaluating continuous quality improvement in practice, this guidance should lessen the burden of locating relevant measures and may enhance the contribution their research makes by increasing the quality of measurement and the potential to synthesise findings across studies."

Measuring organizational and individual factors thought to influence the success of quality improvement in primary care: a systematic review of instruments
SE Brennan, M Bosch, H Buchan, SE Green
Implementation Science, 7:121

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