Predictors of Adherence to the Use of Hip Protectors in Nursing Home Residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 340-345

  Warnke, Andrea ^a   Meyer, Gabriele ^a   Bender, Ralf ^b   Mühlhauser, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Hip fracture prevention and control; Nursing homes; Orthopedic equipment; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINE INCONTINENCE; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 1542510602     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52103.x     Document Type: Article

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