Galen eCalcs - Calculator: STEADI
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Description
This extended fall risk screening tooling was adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a part of their Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries (STEADI) program. It was adopted from a tool created by the Greater Los Angeles VA Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center.
Ranges
Target patients are geriatric; 65 years and older.
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the STEADI calculator:
Specialties
- Family Practice
- Gerontology
- Rehabilitation Medicine
Calculator Configuration Options
| Preference Name | Valid Range | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Checked / Unchecked | When checked the calculator will display for users on the front end. When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end. |
| Orderable Item Override | (BLANK) / G-FRS | “(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used. “G-FRS” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the output. |
| Save Discrete Results | True/False | When True, saves the questions and results of the calculator discretely when saving the results of the calculator. |
| Show Education Option | True/False | When True, an additional question is shown on a positive result to allow the user to indicate education was provided. |
| Verification Required | True/False | When True, files the calculator output as requiring verification by generating a verification task. |
Calculator Inputs
This calculator does not use any default mappings, all items require manual input.
Calculator Outputs
| Output | Mapping Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Education Provided | Result | Provider notified and/or education provided |
| Question 1 | Result | I have fallen in the past year |
| Question 2 | Result | I use or have been advised to use a cane or walker to get around safely |
| Question 3 | Result | Sometimes I feel unsteady when I am walking |
| Question 4 | Result | I steady myself by holding on to furniture when walking at home |
| Question 5 | Result | I am worried about falling |
| Question 6 | Result | I need to push with my hands to stand up from a chair |
| Question 7 | Result | I have some trouble stepping onto a curb |
| Question 8 | Result | I often have to rush to the toilet |
| Question 9 | Result | I have lost some feeling in my feet |
| Question 10 | Result | I take medicine that sometimes makes me feel light-headed or more tired than usual |
| Question 11 | Result | I take medicine to help me sleep or improve my mood |
| Question 12 | Result | I often feel sad or depressed |
| STEADI - Interpretation | Result | STEADI Interpretation |
| STEADI Score | Result | STEADI Score |