STRATIFY (inpatient falls-risk tool)
STRATIFY inpatient falls-risk tool: four yes/no risk factors plus Barthel transfer and mobility (0–3).
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Recent Fall
- Yes
- Agitated
- Yes
- Visual Impairment
- No
- Frequent Toileting
- No
- Transfer
- 0
- Mobility
- 0
Result: STRATIFY 2/5 — high fall risk.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 0–1
- Lower fall risk.
- ≥ 2
- High fall risk.
What you enter
- Recent Fall
- Agitated
- Visual Impairment
- Frequent Toileting
- Transfer
- Mobility
How this is calculated
Oliver D, Britton M, Seed P, Martin FC, Hopper AH. Development and evaluation of evidence based risk assessment tool (STRATIFY) to predict which elderly inpatients will fall: case-control and cohort studies. BMJ. 1997;315(7115):1049-1053. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.