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Predictive Performance of the FIF Screening Tool in 2 Cohorts of Community-Living Older Adults
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden;Stockholm University, Sweden.
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden;Stockholm University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8743-8782
Umeå University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6955-1706
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden;Karolinska University Hospitl, Sweden;Stockholms Sjukhem, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9421-3941
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2020 (English)In: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, ISSN 1525-8610, E-ISSN 1538-9375, Vol. 21, no 12, p. 1900-1905Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Objectives: The First-time Injurious Fall (FIF) screening tool was created to identify fall risk in communityliving older adults who may benefit from primary preventive interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive performance of the FIF tool in 2 cohorts of older adults. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Setting and Participants: The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Skane (SNAC-S) and Blekinge (SNAC-B), Sweden. Community-living people aged >= 60 years (n = 2766). Methods: Nurses and physicians collected data in the 2 cohorts through interviews and testing. Data on injurious falls were collected from register data and were defined as receipt of care after a fall. The FIF tool, consisting of 3 questions and 1 balance test, was examined in relation to injurious falls for up to 5 years of follow-up using Cox proportional hazards models. The predictive performance of the FIF tool was further explored using Harrell C statistic and Youden cut-off for sensitivity and specificity. Results: The hazard ratios (HRs) of an injurious fall in the high-risk group for women and men were 3.80 (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.53, 5.73) and 5.10 (95% CI 2.57, 10.12) in SNAC-S and 4.45 (95% CI 1.86, 10.61) and 32.58 (95% CI 4.30, 247.05) in SNAC-B compared with those in the low risk group. The sensitivity and specificity of the Youden cut-off point (3 or higher for high-risk) were 0.64 and 0.69 for women and 0.68 and 0.69 for men in SNAC-S, and 0.64 and 0.74 for women and 0.94 and 0.68 for men in SNAC-B. The predictive values (Harrell C statistic) for the scores for women and men were 0.73 and 0.74 in SNAC-S and 0.72 and 0.89 in SNAC-B. Conclusions and Implications: Our results suggest that the FIF tool is a valid tool to use for prediction of first-time injurious falls in community-living older adults. (C) 2020 AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

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Elsevier, 2020. Vol. 21, no 12, p. 1900-1905
Keywords [en]
Injury, falls, screening tool, validation, older adults
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Geriatrics
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Health and Caring Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100215DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.037ISI: 000595574700025PubMedID: 32565276Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85086656421OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-100215DiVA, id: diva2:1519920
Available from: 2021-01-19 Created: 2021-01-19 Last updated: 2023-04-20Bibliographically approved

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