REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: A randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-253

  Sahota, Opinder ^a   Drummond, Avril ^b   Kendrick, Denise ^b   Grainge, Matthew J ^b   Vass, Catherine ^b   Sach, Tracey ^c   Gladman, John ^b   Avis, Mark ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed sensors; Falls; In patient falls; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDSIDE CHAIR; CHAIR; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMOTE SENSING; RISK REDUCTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEMONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

BED SENSORS; FALLS; IN-PATIENT FALLS; OLDER PEOPLE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEDS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84896712495     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft155     Document Type: Article

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