Table 3.
Range of sensitivity and specificity of identified fall risk assessment measures compared with the Aachen Falls Prevention Scale.
| Type of fall risk assessment measure and name | Mean sensitivity, % (range) | Mean specificity, % (range) | Area under the curve, mean (range) | |
| Functional |
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Berg Balance Scale | 65.8 (41-77) | 84.3 (73-90) | 0.90 (0.84-0.97) |
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Timed Up and Go | 59.8 (31-87) | 71.6 (49-87) | 0.80 |
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Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (Tinetti) | 70.5 (53-85) | 66.3 (56-74) | —a |
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Five Times Sit-To-Stand test | 72.5 (59-86) | 77 (63-91) | — |
| Multifactorial |
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Downton Fall Risk Index | 88.5 (84-91) | 30.6 (26-39) | — |
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Morse Score | 81.5 (73.2-95.7) | 65.6 (54.0-75.1) | — |
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STRATIFYb | 71.9 (50-93) | 71.7 (45.2-87.7) | 0.81 |
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Hendrich II Fall Risk Model | 84 (76-92) | 48.5 (37-60) | 0.75 |
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Aachen Falls Prevention Scale (primary outcome parameter) | 57.0 | 76.7 | 0.724 (0.692-0.756) |
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Aachen Falls Prevention Scale (1 out of the 3 outcome parameters) | 90.0 | 50.0 | 0.693 (0.629-0.756) |
aNot applicable.
bSTRATIFY: St Thomas’s Risk Assessment Tool in Falling Elderly.