Background: around one-fourth of all falls in healthcare settings are falls from bed. The role of be ...
The effect of bedrails on falls and injury: a systematic review of clinical studies
June, 2014
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The FallSafe project
The FallSafe project is concerned with enhanced quality improvement. The project focused on preventi ...
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The Winchester falls project: a randomised controlled trial of secondary prevention of falls in older people
Objective: This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of two interventions at preventing furthe ...
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using the STRATIFY tool for prediction of falls in hospital patients: how well does it work?
Background: STRATIFY is a prediction tool developed for use in for hospital inpatients. It has been ...
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Rate of accidental falls in institutionalised older people with and without cognitive impairment halved as a result of a staff-oriented intervention
Objective: to evaluate the impact of a staff-oriented intervention on the number of accidental falls ...
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Fall risk-assessment tools compared with clinical judgment: an evaluation in a rehabilitation ward
Objectives: to compare the use of two falls risk-identification tools (Downton and STRATIFY) with cl ...
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Fear of falling: measurement strategy, prevalence, risk factors and consequences among older persons
Background fear of falling (FOF) is a major health problem among the elderly living in communities, ...
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A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeriatric nursing home patients, a randomised controlled trial (RCT)
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention on incidence ...
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The Prevention Package for Older People (DoH, 2009)
In 2009, the Department of Health published its prevention package for older people. The theme of th ...
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Fall Prevention in Canada:Epidemiological and Program (Scott, 2009)
This document details a Public Health Approach to Fall Prevention from the Centre of Excellence on M ...