Predictive ability of a self-rated fall risk assessment tool in community-dwelling older women.

"Declarations Conflict of interestThe authors declare that they have no relevant financial or non-financial interest to disclose. Research involving Human Participants & Informed consentThe study involved human participants and has been reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital District of North Savo. All regulations and measures of ethics and confidentiality are handled in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was received from all participants. Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no relevant financial or non-financial interest to disclose."

"Funding Open access funding provided by University of Eastern Finland (UEF) including Kuopio University Hospital. This work was supported by the Academy of Finland, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Finnish Cultural Foundation’s North Savo Regional Fund, and the Uulo Arhio Foundation. The funding bodies had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the preparation of the manuscript; or in the review or approval of the manuscript."

"Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02665169, date of first registration 27/01/2016."