Feasibility of an implementation strategy for preventing falls in homecare services.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls among older adults represent a major health hazard across the world. In 2022, the World Falls Guidelines was published, summarising research evidence and expert recommendations on how to prevent falls, but we need more knowledge on how the evidence can be successfully implemented into routine practice. In this study we used an implementation strategy co-created by healthcare providers, older adults who had fallen and researchers, to facilitate uptake of fall prevention recommendations. This current study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of this co-created implementation strategy in homecare services and provide information on the intervention and measurements for a full-scale cluster-randomized trial.

Methods

This study was a single-armed feasibility study

SUBMITTER: Linnerud S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264773 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature