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 Inputs
There are no inputs for this calculator.
Calculator Outputs
Output | Mapping Type | Description |
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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 |