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Andrew Bugajski1, Alex Lengerich, Denise McCowan
1Baptist Health Lexington, Lexington, Kentucky (Messrs Bugajski and Lengerich, Mss McCowan, Merritt, and Hall, and Drs Moe and Brockopp); and Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Baptist Health Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky (Ms Nelson).
Abstract:
Assessing high risk for falling among psychiatric inpatients is particularly challenging in that assessments with strong sensitivity and specificity are not available. The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio of the Baptist Health High Risk Falls Assessment (BHHRFA), a medical-surgical fall risk assessment, in a psychiatric inpatient population. Data collected on 5910 psychiatric inpatients using the BHHRFA showed acceptable sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio (0.68/0.70/4.964).
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