Feasibility of a nurse-led in-home cognitive behavioral program to manage concerns about falls in frail older people: A process evaluation

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-270

  Dorresteijn, Tanja A C ^a   Rixt Zijlstra, G A ^a   Van Haastregt, Jolanda C M ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Activities of daily living; Fear of falling; Feasibility study; Frail elderly; Health services research; Home care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84878173166     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.21534     Document Type: Article

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