This report has several drawbacks. Firstly, although the scale presented has been developed by a panel of health care experts, it lacks verification at the current stage. However, the authors felt that the need for a self-assessment tool is urgent and that the assessment should rather be performed in a large population than to publish a study that might potentially be biased through a type two error. Therefore, the `Aachen Falls Prevention Scale` is currently been evaluated in cooperation with one of the largest insurance companies in Germany. Secondly, the selection of questions is non-specific and does not relate to a specific disease. Thirdly, it does not yield to a diagnosis of a disease and its possible end result appears to be the decision of the individual to see a physician for further assessment.