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Table 1 Fall risk domain and assessment item

From: Strategies to reduce the risk of falling: Cohort study analysis with 1-year follow-up in community dwelling older adults

Fall risk domain

Assessment item

Physical –Movement Related

Unsteady gait

Walks with help

Climb stairs with help

Requires help in doing housework

Requires help in cooking

Requires help in shopping

Physical –Weakness/Debility

Dressing lower body with help

Transfers with help

Bathes with help

Experienced worsening ADL in 90 days

Clinical – Cognitive/Mental

Cognitive decline in past 90 days

Memory problem

Anxiety diagnosis

Depression diagnosis

Clinical -- Physical/General

Vision problem

Dizziness

Poor self-reported health

Not continent

Acute health flare-up

Constipation (tested, not significant)

Difficulty sleeping (tested, not significant)

Fatigue

Pain intensity

Breakthrough pain