Development and validation of the fracture risk scale home care (FRS-HC) that predicts one-year incident fracture: an electronic record-linked longitudinal cohort study
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Publication type:
Journal Article
Year:
2020
Journal/Series title:
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Volume number:
21
Issue:
1
Pages:
499
ISSN/ISBN:
1471-2474
Abstract:
Fractures have dire consequences including pain, immobility, and death. People receiving home care are at higher risk for fractures than the general population. Yet, current fracture risk assessment tools require additional testing and assume a 10-year survival rate, when many die within one year. Our objectives were to develop and validate a scale that predicts one-year incident hip fracture using the home care resident assessment instrument (RAI-HC).