Effect of promoting high-quality staff interactions on fall prevention in nursing homes: A cluster-randomized trial

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1634-1641

  Colón Emeric, Cathleen S ^a,b   Corazzini, Kirsten ^c   McConnell, Eleanor S ^b,c   Pan, Wei ^c   Toles, Mark ^d   Hall, Rasheeda ^a,b   Cary, Michael P ^c   Batchelor Murphy, Melissa ^c   Yap, Tracey ^c   Anderson, Amber L ^c   Burd, Andrew ^c   Amarasekara, Sathya ^c   Anderson, Ruth A ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWORKER; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIKERT SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; RISK REDUCTION; SELF MONITORING; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; IN SERVICE TRAINING; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 85033549252     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5073     Document Type: Article

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