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Table 2 Environmental hazard checklists included in the content analysis

From: A need to improve the assessment of environmental hazards for falls on stairs and in bathrooms: results of a scoping review

Checklist

Author

Year

Countries where checklists have been used

Total #of fall-related items in checklist

Psychometric data reported (Y/N)

Bathrooms

Indoor stairs/steps

Outdoor stairs/steps

#of fall-related items in bathrooms

> 50% of items are subjective (Y/N)

> 50 of items are non-structural hazards (Y/N)

Assessed grab bars (Y/N)

#of fall-related items on indoor stairs/steps

> 50% of items are subjective (Y/N)

> 50 of items are non-structural hazards (Y/N)

Assessed handrails

(Y/N)

#of fall-related items on outdoor stairs/steps

> 50% of items are subjective (Y/N)

> 50 of items are non-structural hazards (Y/N)

Assessed handrails (Y/N)

Carter et al.

Carter et al. [51]

1997

Australia

99

Y

24

N

Y

Y

16

Y

N

Y

2

Y

Y

N

CDC Home checklist

CDC [148]

2005

USA, Singapore

25

N

6

Y

Y

N

7

N

N

Y

7

N

N

Y

Cougar1

Fisher et al. [71]

2006

USA

56

Y

5

Y

Y

Y

5

Y

N

Y

1

Y

Y

N

Edwards & Jones

Edwards & Jones [66]

1998

South Wales

14

N

5

N

Y

Y

1

N

N

Y

0

a

a

a

Environmental Safety Checklist

Huang et al. [16]

2005

China

31

Y

5

Y

Y

Y

4

Y

Y

Y

1

a

a

a

Evci et al.

Evci et al. [69]

2006

Turkey

15

N

6

N

N

Y

5

N

N

Y

0

a

a

a

Greene et al.

Greene et al. [79]

2009

USA

15

N

2

N

N

Y

4

N

N

Y

4

N

N

N

Healthy housing index

Keall et al. [90]

2008

New Zealand

26

N

3

Y

N

 

12

Y

Y

 

9

Y

Y

 

HEAP

Gitlin et al. [15]

2002

USA

69

Y

10

N

Y

Y

6

Y

Y

Y

6

Y

N

Y

HEAVI

Yonge et al. [22]

2017

USA

127

Y

15

N

Y

Y

17

N

N

Y

19

N

N

Y

HEROS Environmental Safety Check

Sadasivam et al. [124]

2014

USA

5

Y

6

Y

Y

Y

0

a

a

a

0

a

a

a

Home Environment Survey

Rodriguez et al. [121]

1995

USA

17

Y

4

N

N

Y

Can’t tell

a

a

a

Can’t tell

a

a

a

HOME FAST

Mackenzie et al. [102]

2000

Australia, Scotland, Malaysia, England

25

Y

6

Y

Y

Y

4

Y

N

N

1

Y

N

Y

HOME FAST – Self-Report Assessment

Mehraban et al. [110]

2011

Australia

87

Y

7

Y

Y

Y

11

Y

N

Y

3

Y

N

Y

Home fall hazard assessment

You et al. (2004) [23]

2004

China

60

Y

16

Y

Y

 

10

Y

Y

 

0

a

a

 

Home-screen safe

Johnson et al. [86]

2001

Australia

10

N

2

Y

Y

N

Can’t tell

a

a

a

Can’t tell

a

a

a

Housing Enabler2

Iwarsson & Björn [149]

2010

Sweden

188

Y

13

N

N

Y

11

N

N

Y

11

N

N

Y

Housing Enabler screening tool

Carlsson et al. [49]

2009

Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Hungary, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, England

61

Y

10

Y

Y

Y

6

Y

N

Y

6

Y

N

Y

Isbener et al.

Isbener et al. [82]

1998

USA

21

N

0

a

a

a

10

Y

N

Y

2

N

N

N

Kamei et al.

Kamei et al. [87]

2015

 

33

N

7

Y

Y

Y

Can’t tell

Y

N

Y

Can’t tell

a

a

a

Kellogg international work group

Kellogg international work group [139]

1987

Canada, USA

40

N

4

Y

Y

Y

6

Y

N

Y

0

a

a

a

Lan et al.

Lan et al. [17]

2009

 

6

N

3

Y

Y

Y

0

a

a

a

1

Y

N

Y

Lim & Sung

Lim & Sung [126]

2012

Korea

3

N

1

N

Y

N

0

a

a

a

0

a

a

a

MAHC-10 Fall Checklist

Bamgbade & Dearmon [44]

2016

USA

1

N

< 1

a

a

N

Can’t tell

a

a

a

Can’t tell

a

a

a

Marshall et al.

Marshall et al. [108]

2005

USA

10

N

2

N

N

Y

1.5

N

N

Y

1.5

N

N

Y

McLean & Lord

McLean & Lord [34]

1996

Australia

15

N

4

N

Y

Y

0

a

a

a

2

N

N

Y

MDS-HC

Morris et al. [112]

1997

Canada, Hong Kong, USA, Korea, Italy, Australia, Czech Republic, Japan

8

Y

1

Y

Y

Y

1

Y

N

N

1

Y

Y

N

Morgan et al.

Morgan et al. [111]

2005

 

73

Y

13

Y

Y

Y

2

Y

N

Y

4

N

N

Y

Nevit et al.

Nevit et al. [7] reported in Northridge et al. [115]

1898

USA

22

Y

8

Y

Y

Y

0

a

a

a

0

a

a

a

Safe living guide

Public Health Agency of Canada [151]

2015

Canada

34

Y

9

Y

Y

Y

6

Y

Y

Y

2

Y

N

Y

SAFER-HOME

Chiu & Oliver [53]

2006

Canada, USA

17

Y

7

Y

Y

Y

2

Y

N

Y

0

a

a

N

SAFER Tool

Letts et al. [98]

1998

Canada

17

Y

5

Y

Y

Y

2

Y

N

Y

0

a

a

N

Sattin et al.

Sattin et al. [8]

1998

USA

10

Y

3

N

Y

Y

0

a

a

a

0

a

a

a

Sophonratanapokin et al.

Sophonratanapokin et al. [132]

2012

Thailand

9

N

4

N

N

Y

2

N

N

Y

1

N

N

N

Stalenhoef et al.

Stalenhoef et al. [135]

1998

Netherlands

116

Y

17

Y

Y

Y

11

Y

N

Y

0

a

a

a

Stevens et al.

Stevens et al. [137]

2001

Australia

14

N

8

Y

Y

N

2

N

N

N

0

a

a

a

Tanner

Tanner [20]

2003

USA

20

N

2

N

N

Y

Can’t tell

Y

N

Y

Can’t tell

a

a

a

Tideiksaar et al.

Tideiksaar et al. [140]

1987

Canada, England, USA

37

Y

6

Y

N

Y

4

Y

N

Y

5

Y

N

Y

Vladutiu et al.

Vladutiu et al. [144]

2012

USA

6

N

2

N

N

Y

3

N

N

Y

1

N

N

N

WeSHA

Clemson et al. [58]

1992

Australia, England, New Zealand, USA

72

Y

10

Y

Y

Y

7

Y

N

Y

5

Y

N

Y

Wyman et al.

Wyman et al. [21]

2007

USA

37

Y

12

Y

Y

Y

7

Y

N

Y

0

a

a

a

Zhang et al.

Zhang et al. [152]

2016

China

30

Y

8

Y

Y

Y

6

Y

N

Y

1

Y

N

N

  1. Y=Yes, N=No
  2. CDC: Center for disease control
  3. HEAP: Home Environmental Assessment Protocol
  4. HEAVI: Home Environment Assessment for the Visually Impaired
  5. HOME FAST: Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool
  6. MAHC-10: Missouri Alliance for Home Care-10
  7. MDS-HC: Minimum Data Set-Home Care
  8. SAFER-HOME: Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation–Health Outcome Measurement and Evaluation
  9. SAFER Tool: Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation
  10. WeHSA: Westmead Home Safety Assessment
  11. aLocation not assessed
  12. 1 Version 1.0 and 2.0;
  13. 2 Original, revised and Nordic