Fall risk awareness and safety precautions taken by older community-dwelling women and men-a qualitative study using focus group discussions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pohl, Petra ^a   Sandlund, Marlene ^a   Ahlgren, Christina ^a   Bergvall Kåreborn, Birgitta ^b   Lundin Olsson, Lillemor ^a   Wikman, Anita Melander ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SAFETY;

EID: 84924940369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119630     Document Type: Article

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