Primary care physicians perceptions and practices regarding fall prevention in adult's 65 years and over

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1605-1609

  Jones, Taylor S ^a   Ghosh, Tista S ^a   Horn, Kimberley ^a   Smith, Jana ^a   Vogt, Richard L ^a  

^a Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Fall risk factors; Health care provider intervention; Older adult falls

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL GUIDELINE; EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS; FALL PREVENTION; FALL RISK; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NURSING HOMES; OLDER ADULTS; PRIMARY CARE; RESPONSE RATE; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79958198034     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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