Table 2.
Environmental hazard checklists included in the content analysis
| 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 |
Y=Yes, N=No
CDC: Center for disease control
HEAP: Home Environmental Assessment Protocol
HEAVI: Home Environment Assessment for the Visually Impaired
HOME FAST: Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool
MAHC-10: Missouri Alliance for Home Care-10
MDS-HC: Minimum Data Set-Home Care
SAFER-HOME: Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation–Health Outcome Measurement and Evaluation
SAFER Tool: Safety Assessment of Function and the Environment for Rehabilitation
WeHSA: Westmead Home Safety Assessment
aLocation not assessed
1 Version 1.0 and 2.0;
2 Original, revised and Nordic