TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Validity of 12-month falls recall in community-dwelling older women participating in a clinical trial
JO  - International journal of endocrinology
A1  - Sanders, Kerrie M.
A1  - Stuart, Amanda L.
A1  - Scott, David
A1  - Kotowicz, Mark A.
A1  - Nicholson, Geoff C.
SP  - e210527
EP  - e210527
VL  - 2015
IS  - 
N2  - 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 "no falls," "a few times," "several," and "regular" 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 "no fall," 85% reported zero falls on daily calendars. Few women selected falls categories of "several times" or "regular" (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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1687-8337
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/210527
ID  - ref1
ER  -