Educational intervention to reduce falls and fear of falling in patients after fragility fracture: Results of a controlled pilot study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-319

  Rucker, Diana ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^a   Steiner, Ivan P ^a   Russell, Anthony S ^a   Hanley, David A ^b   Maksymowych, Walter P ^a   Holroyd, Brian R ^a   Harley, Charles H ^a   Morrish, Donald W ^a   Wirzba, Brian J ^a   Majumdar, Sumit R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community dwelling patients; Fall prevention; Falls; Fear of falling; Patient education; Wrist fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; FEAR; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECURRENCE; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33645995750     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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