Falls after discharge from hospital: Is there a gap between older peoples' knowledge about falls prevention strategies and the research evidence?

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-662

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^h CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k Kingston Centre   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Falls; Hospital; Patient discharge; Patient education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053500200     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr052     Document Type: Article

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