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**OBJECTIVES:** TTo investigate cross‐validated methods of identifying patients at increased risk of fracture in nursing homes using readily available data. **DESIGN:** Prospective cohort study with 18 months of follow‐up. **SETTING:** Forty‐seven randomly selected nursing homes in Maryland. **PARTICIPANTS:** One thousand four hundred twenty‐seven white female nursing home residents aged 65 and older were followed for fracture for 18 months after baseline assessment. **MEASUREMENTS:** Fracture ascertained by physician note or x‐ray from chart abstraction; demographic and baseline data extracted from the Minimum Data Set (MDS). **RESULTS:** Exploratory analyses on a random subset (67%) of the data (development sample) identified variables that might be important in predicting subsequent fracture and included variables for how the resident moved between locations in her room or adjacent corridor (mobility), age, weight, height, independence in eating and dressing, urinary incontinence, resistance to care, falls in the previous 6 months, a dementia score, and other activities of daily living. A simple scoring algorithm derived from a subset of these MDS variables showed good sensitivi

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Author

Cynthia J. Girman; Julie M. Chandler; Sheryl I. Zimmerman; Allison R. Martin; William Hawkes; J. Richard Hebel; Philip D. Sloane; Jay Magaziner

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; The American Geriatrics Society; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0002-8614)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)