Shaw, Louise

Kiegaldie, Debra

2019-09-17

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Falls prevention in hospitals is an ongoing challenge worldwide. Despite a wide variety of recommended falls mitigation strategies, few have strong evidence for effectiveness in reducing falls and accompanying injuries. Patient education programmes that promote engagement and enable people to understand their heightened falls risk while hospitalised are one approach. The aim of this scoping review is to examine the content, design and outcomes of patient education approaches to hospital falls prevention. As well as critiquing the role of patient education in hospital falls prevention, strategies that can be used in clinical practice shall be recommended.

Holmesglen Institute

La Trobe Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine Research, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

Healthscope and Faculty of Health Science, Youth and Community Studies, Holmesglen Institute

Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

North Eastern Rehabilitation Centre, Healthscope Ltd, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia

Nursing

BMJ Open 2019, vol. 9

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11800/166

Faculty of Health Science, Community and Social Studies

Hospitals

Falls (Accidents)

Educating hospital patients to prevent falls: protocol for a scoping review

Journal Article

Publication