TY - JOUR T1 - Review: evidence from single studies shows that very few fall risk assessment tools can predict falls in elderly people JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 123 LP - 123 DO - 10.1136/ebn.10.4.123 VL - 10 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/10/4/123.abstract N2 - Scott V, Votova K, Scanlan A, et al. Multifactorial and functional mobility assessment tools for fall risk among older adults in community, home-support, long-term and acute care settings. Age Ageing 2007;36:130–9.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Q What is the accuracy of tools for assessing risk of falls in elderly people in various settings?Data sources:Medline, EbscoHost Academic Search Premier, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection, Nursing and Allied Health Collection, Health Business Elite, Biomedical Reference Collection, Cochrane Library, and article references.Study selection and assessment:English-language prospective studies that were published between 1980 and July 2004 and evaluated a fall risk … ER -