Predicting Falls Using the Stroke Assessment of Fall Risk Tool.

PM & R : the Journal of Injury, Function, and Rehabilitation
Christine YangHillel Finestone

Abstract

Falls in the inpatient stroke population are common, resulting in increased morbidity and slow rehabilitation progress. Falls may result from stroke-specific neurologic deficits; however, assessment of these deficits is lacking in many fall screening tools. To compare the ability to predict falls of the Stroke Assessment of Fall Risk (SAFR) tool, which includes items related to stroke-specific neurologic deficits, and the commonly used Morse Fall Scale, which does not include these items. Prospective cohort study. Inpatient tertiary stroke rehabilitation unit. Patients (N = 220) with acute stroke. Falls were captured by the medical records from January 2017 to September 2018. Logistic regression analysis evaluated both screening tools for predicting falls by calculating sensitivity, specificity, area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUC-ROC) curve, and odds ratio (OR). We compared SAFR and Morse mean scores between fallers and non-fallers using t-tests. Forty-eight (21.8%) patients experienced ≥1 fall. SAFR, but not Morse, scores showed a statistically significant difference between fallers and non-fallers (P = .001 vs P = .24, respectively). Higher SAFR score was associated with higher odds of falls (OR 1.36, 95% C...Continue Reading

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