Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 516-524

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

^a Kingston Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955438285     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.444     Document Type: Review

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