CONNECT for quality: Protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve fall prevention in nursing homes

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Anderson, Ruth A ^a   Corazzini, Kirsten ^a   Porter, Kristie ^a   Daily, Kathryn ^a   McDaniel Jr, Reuben R ^b   Colón Emeric, Cathleen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTORS; NURSING HOMES; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84857494998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-11     Document Type: Article

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