A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial for evaluating rates of falls among inpatients in aged care rehabilitation units receiving tailored multimedia education in addition to usual care: A trial protocol

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hill, Anne Marie ^a   Waldron, Nicholas ^b,c   Etherton Beer, Christopher ^d,e   McPhail, Steven M ^f,g   Ingram, Katharine ^h   Flicker, Leon ^d,e   Haines, Terry P ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b Armadale Kelmscott Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g Centre for Functioning and Health Research   (Australia)

^h SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FALL PREVENTION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL FALLS REPORTING SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMEDIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAFF TRAINING; TAILORED MULTIMEDIA EDUCATION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84892839589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004195     Document Type: Article

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