Differences between Tetra-ataxiametry and Berg balance scale in the prediction value for the fall risk of elderly inpatients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2017.29.007
- VernacularTitle:静态平衡仪与Berg平衡量表对老年住院患者跌倒风险预测价值差异的研究
- Author:
Chunyan ZHAO
1
;
Yan ZHOU
;
Huihua ZHAO
;
Ying WANG
;
Yiqing CHEN
;
Tongying JIANG
;
Ping LYU
;
Lingjun LI
;
Huili HE
Author Information
1. 同济大学附属东方医院心内科
- Keywords:
Accidental fall;
Geriatric nursing;
Tetra-ataxiametry;
Berg balance scale
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2017;23(29):3717-3721
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To compare the difference and effectiveness between Tetra-ataxiametry and Berg balance scale (BBS) in predicting the risk for fall in the elderly inpatients.Methods A total of 401 elderly inpatients were randomly selected using convenience sampling in a class III grade A hospital. Tetra-ataxiametry and BBS were used to monitor the risk for falls of elderly patients in two groups: group with or without fall histories.Results Fall histories were set as the standard. The area ratios under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) of Tetra-ataxiametry fall index (FI) and BBS were 0.762 and 0.705. Youden index showed that the predicted value, the sensibility and the specificity of Tetra-ataxiametry FI were 41, 80.5% and 60.2%; while those for BBS were 46, 67.1% and 65.8%. No statistically significant difference in the area under the curve (AUC) between Tetra-ataxiametry and BBS was observed(P=0.0587).Conclusions There is no statistically significant difference in predicting the risk for fall in the elderly inpatients between Tetra-ataxiametry and BBS, suggesting that Tetra-ataxiametry can replace BBS to evaluate the fall risk, and is better than BBS, since Tetra-ataxiametry has higher sensitivity in objective data provision, body weight and BMI (body mass index).
