Symposium

Diagnostic Accuracy and Predictive Capacity of Falls Risk Screening Measures for Adult Cancer Populations 4530

Corresponding Presenter(s)

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  Laura Gilchrist, PT, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Endowed Chair Health Education and Research
  St. Catherine University
  Falcon Heights, MN, United States

  Slides

Presenter(s)

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  Kelli Nielsen, PT, DPT, NCS (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor
  St. Catherine University
  St Paul, MN, United States

Persons with cancer can be at high risk for falling leading to injury or secondary complications. Clinicians may be asked to identify those at risk for falling either in the clinic or in community settings. The focus of this session is to describe evidence-based screening tools to identify falls risk in cancer populations, considering both predictive ability and diagnostic accuracy as well as the clinical utility of doing the screen. The selection process and recommendations for falls screening tools for ruling in and ruling out falls risk will be presented.

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Identify screening tools that accurately measure falls risk.
• 2. Describe the predictive capacity and diagnostic accuracy of the different screening tools for falls risk.
• 3. Identify the most appropriate falls risk screening measures for persons with cancer for ruling in and ruling out falls risk.
• 4. Describe the clinometric properties required for accurate risk prediction.
• 1. Identify screening tools that accurately measure falls risk.