The aim of this study was to identify the explicit relationship between life-style and the risk of falling under the form of a mathematical model. Starting from some personal and behavioral information of a subject as, e.g., weight, height, age, data about physical activity habits, and concern about falling, the model would estimate the score of her/his Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems (Mini-BES) test. This score ranges within 0 and 28, and the lower its value the more likely the subject is prone to falling [1]. This would make fall risk assessment much easier, because subjects would not need to undergo the classical Mini-BES test, rather they could estimate it at home by answering some questionnaires.
Lifestyle-based risk model for fall risk assessment
Giovanna Sannino;Ivanoe De Falco;Giuseppe De Pietro
2016
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the explicit relationship between life-style and the risk of falling under the form of a mathematical model. Starting from some personal and behavioral information of a subject as, e.g., weight, height, age, data about physical activity habits, and concern about falling, the model would estimate the score of her/his Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems (Mini-BES) test. This score ranges within 0 and 28, and the lower its value the more likely the subject is prone to falling [1]. This would make fall risk assessment much easier, because subjects would not need to undergo the classical Mini-BES test, rather they could estimate it at home by answering some questionnaires.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
