Improvement of physical therapist assessment of risk of falls in the hospital and discharge handover through an intervention to modify clinical behavior

Physical Therapy

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 764-773

  Thomas, Susie ^a,b   Mackintosh, Shylie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; STUDY DESIGN; THEORETICAL MODEL; AGED; CLINICAL AUDIT; FALLING; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE SUMMARIES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT HANDOFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84971516540     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20150215     Document Type: Article

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