Publications by authors named "Angela Seddone"
Purpose: Falls are a significant safety risk in hospitalized patients, but little evidence regarding their significance in obese children are available to date. Aim of the study was to determine whether the Pediatric Obesity Fall-risk Scale (POFS) is able to discriminate between hospitalized obese pediatric patients at high or low risk of falling, to evaluate its sensitivity and specificity and to analyze if the risk factors considered were actually related to the falling event.
Design And Methods: The sample consisted of 301 children and adolescents hospitalized for a body weight reduction program.