@article{ref1,
title="Validity of 12-month falls recall in community-dwelling older women participating in a clinical trial",
journal="International journal of endocrinology",
year="2015",
author="Sanders, Kerrie M. and Stuart, Amanda L. and Scott, David and Kotowicz, Mark A. and Nicholson, Geoff C.",
volume="2015, 2015",
number="",
pages="e210527-e210527",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs. To compare 12-month falls recall with falls reported prospectively on daily falls calendars in a clinical trial of women aged ≥70 years. <br><br>METHODS. 2,096 community-dwelling women at high risk of falls and/or fracture completed a daily falls calendar and standardised interviews when falls were recorded, for 12 months. Data were compared to a 12-month falls recall question that categorised falls status as &quot;no falls,&quot; &quot;a few times,&quot; &quot;several,&quot; and &quot;regular&quot; falls. <br><br>RESULTS. 898 (43%) participants reported a fall on daily falls calendars of whom 692 (77%) recalled fall(s) at 12 months. Participants who did not recall a fall were older (median 79.3 years versus 77.8 years, p=0.028). Smaller proportions of fallers who sustained an injury or accessed health care failed to recall a fall (all p<0.04). Among participants who recalled &quot;no fall,&quot; 85% reported zero falls on daily calendars. Few women selected falls categories of &quot;several times&quot; or &quot;regular&quot; (4.1% and 0.4%, resp.) and the sensitivity of these categories was low (30% to 33%). Simply categorising participants into fallers or nonfallers had 77% sensitivity and 94% specificity. <br><br>CONCLUSION. For studies where intensive ascertainment of falls is not feasible, 12-month falls recall questions with fewer responses may be an acceptable alternative.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1687-8337",
doi="10.1155/2015/210527, 10.1155/2015/210527",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/210527, 10.1155/2015/210527"
}