The challenge of predicting patients at risk for falling: development of the Conley Scale.

Conley D, Schultz AA, Selvin R.

Medsurg Nurs. 1999 Dec;8(6):348-54.

Patient falls are an elusive clinical problem. The purpose of this project was to develop and evaluate a fall risk assessment scale for use in an acutely ill population. The Conley Scale demonstrates acceptable reliability, validity, sensitivity, and specificity, is quick and easy to use.