Prevention of fall-related injuries in long-term care: A randomized controlled trial of staff education

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 2293-2298

  Ray, Wayne A ^c   Taylor, Jo A ^a   Brown, Anne K ^d   Gideon, Patricia ^d   Hall, Kathi ^d   Arbogast, Patrick ^d   Meredith, Sarah ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAINING; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644553806     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.19.2293     Document Type: Article

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