Publications by authors named "Viviane Ernesto Iwamoto"
Validity and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool to assess the risk of falls.
Maria Carmen Martinez Viviane Ernesto Iwamoto Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre Adriana Moreira Noronha Simões Ana Paula de Sousa Oliveira
Rev Bras Epidemiol
June 2019
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool (JH-FRAT) for its effectiveness in predicting fall risks among hospitalized patients.
- The research involved 297 patients and assessed validity through accuracy measures and discriminant analysis, while reliability was checked through tests with a subset of patients.
- Results indicated high sensitivity (97%) but low specificity (6%), showing that the tool is good at identifying at-risk patients but may not differentiate well between those who fall and those who don’t.
- Overall, JH-FRAT proved to be a valid and reliable tool for fall risk assessment, useful for enhancing fall management in hospitals.
Objective: to perform the transcultural adaptation and content validity analysis of the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool to assess both fall risk and fall-related injury risk for hospitalized elderly in Brazil.
Method: the transcultural adaptation consisted of translating the scale to Portuguese (Brazil), back-translating it into its language of origin, establishing a consensus version, and having an expert committee verify its transcultural equivalence. Content assessment was conducted by a committee of judges, ending with the calculation of the items and scales' content validity index.