Factors associated with the initial acceptance of hip protectors amongst older people in residential care [1]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-75

  Cryer, Colin ^a,b   Knox, A ^c   Stevenson, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c East Kent Health Promotion Service   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING AID;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 31144472796     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj020     Document Type: Letter

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