Implementation of a Multicomponent Fall Prevention Program: Contracting With Patients for Fall Safety
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Fall risk and prevention agreement: engaging patients and families with a partnership for patient safety
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Falls among older adults are a critical public health issue, especially given the high rate of falls among older adults, the rapidly increasing number of older adults (both in the US and globally), and their substantial personal and societal costs (1, 2). In response, a national movement in the US toward a falls free society is underway (3, 4). According to Lynn Beattie’s commentary “Working to...
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES Determine the efficacy of a fall-prevention skills training program for patients with cancer and family caregivers. DESIGN Randomized, controlled trial with repeated measures and postintervention measure of fall occurrence. SETTING A comprehensive cancer center in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE 132 patient and family caregiver dyads. METHODS Dyads were randomly ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Military Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0026-4075,1930-613X
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usz411