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## Abstract ## Background and Purpose The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a screening tool for the identification of older people living in residential care facilities who are prone to falling. ## Method Two tests focusing on attentional demands while walking were performed: ‘Stops walking when talking’ and the ‘diffTUG’. Medical assessment, rating for cognition, depression and activities of daily living were also carried out. Falls indoors were followed up prospectively over a period of six months. A flowchart, the Mobility Interaction Fall (MIF) chart, for the identification of older people who are prone to falling was developed. The MIF chart includes an observation of mobility level and ‘Stops walking when talking’, the diffTUG, a test of vision and a rating of concentration. Study subjects were 78 residents, aged over 65 years, in one residential care facility (22 M; 56 F; median age 82 years, range 66–99 years) in Umeå, Sweden. ## Results Thirty‐three (42%) subjects suffered at least one fall indoors during the follow‐up period. The rate of falls differed significantly between those subjects classified as being at risk of falls and those not so classified (log r

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Author

Lillemor Lundin‐Olsson; Lars Nyberg; Yngve Gustafson

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 1358-2267)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)