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Dixe MDACR, Querido A, Mendonça S, Sousa P, Monteiro H, Carvalho D, Lopes P, Rodrigues P. Psychometric Properties of the European Portuguese Version of the Memorial Emergency Department Fall Risk Assessment Tool. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10030452. [PMID: 35326930 PMCID: PMC8953166 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10030452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Falls are a public health problem that cause serious damage to people’s health and health systems. This study aims to estimate the validity and reliability of the Memorial Emergency Department Fall Risk Assessment Tool for the European Portuguese population. The sample included 186 adults from an emergency department of a District Hospital in Portugal. Reliability and precision (inter-rater reliability) are assessed by two independent raters. The relationship between MEDFRAT and the Morse Fall Risk Scale is evaluated. All items presented a high Kappa index. The MEDFRAT showed a high and significant correlation with the Morse Fall Risk Scale. The influence of sociodemographic and clinical data was also checked. The MEDFRAT is adequate, valid and reliable for the European Portuguese population to assess the risk of falling of emergency department patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria dos Anjos Coelho Rodrigues Dixe
- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechcare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal; (A.Q.); (S.M.); (P.S.)
- Correspondence:
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- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechcare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal; (A.Q.); (S.M.); (P.S.)
| | - Susana Mendonça
- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechcare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal; (A.Q.); (S.M.); (P.S.)
| | - Pedro Sousa
- Center for Innovative Care and Health Technology (ciTechcare), Polytechnic of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal; (A.Q.); (S.M.); (P.S.)
- Nursing School of Coimbra, Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, 3046-851 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Hospital da Figueira da Foz, 3094-001 Figueira da Foz, Portugal;
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- Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Rua das Olhalvas, 2410-197 Leiria, Portugal; (D.C.); (P.L.); (P.R.)
| | - Paulo Lopes
- Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Rua das Olhalvas, 2410-197 Leiria, Portugal; (D.C.); (P.L.); (P.R.)
| | - Pedro Rodrigues
- Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Rua das Olhalvas, 2410-197 Leiria, Portugal; (D.C.); (P.L.); (P.R.)
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