Fall Prevention in Residential Care: A Cluster, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 524-531

  Kerse, Ngaire ^a,b   Butler, Meg ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^a   Todd, Maree ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized controlled trial; Fall prevention; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 1842784028     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52157.x     Document Type: Article

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