FRAT Calculator (Falls Risk Assessment Tool)
FRAT Calculator (Falls Risk Assessment Tool)
What is the calculator for and who produced it?
The FRAT is a validated falls risk assessment tool. It is the outcome of a two year project, completed in 1999 by the Falls Prevention Service, Peninsula Health.
How should it be used?
It should be used to assess patients at risk of falls.
Interpretation of score
If there is a positive response to three or more of the questions in the tool there is a moderate/high risk of falls. If there are fewer than three positives but the assessor remains concerned about the patients risk of falling then the patient should be reviewed by a GP. If there are no concerns and a score of less than three the pateint should be considered as being at low risk of falls.
What does it look like?
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