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KMID : 0379220190390040895
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2019 Volume.39 No. 4 p.895 ~ p.902
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Fall Risk Assessment (FRA) of Korean community-dwelling elderly
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Shin So-Hee
Sato Susumu
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Abstract
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This study reviewed the diagnosis accuracy and evaluation criteria of the fall risk assessment questionnaire that proved validity through factor analysis in previous studies. The purpose of this study was to diagnose high-risk groups and propose personal fall risk profiles for the Korean community-dwelling elderly. The participants of this study were 439 elderly people living in S, U, B, and Y cities Korea (mean age 75.0 ± 5.7 years). Receiver operating characteristic analysis was conducted to review the accuracy of the fall risk assessment and evaluation criteria of the FRA. The results showed that the four sub-factors of the FRA: ‘Potential for fall’, ‘Disease and physical symptoms’, ‘Environment’ and ‘Physical function’, can effectively diagnose the fall risk of the community-dwelling elderly. The evaluation criteria was presented based on the sensitivity and specificity results. In addition, as a result of analyzing the patterns by the sub factors of the fall risk, the high-risk group accounted for 80% of the elderly who had problems with two or more factors. Therefore, the four sub-factors of FRA can effectively diagnose the fall risk level, and could be present individual fall risk profiles based on the evaluation criteria.
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KEYWORD
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FRA, Diagnosis accuracy, Cut-off value
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