Evaluation of the effect of patient education on rates of falls in older hospital patients: Description of a randomised controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hill, Anne Marie ^a   Hill, Keith ^d,e   Brauer, Sandra ^a   Oliver, David ^f   Hoffmann, Tammy ^a   Beer, Christopher ^g   McPhail, Steven ^a,c   Haines, Terry P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67650221256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-14     Document Type: Article

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