Multidisciplinary care pathways for falls prevention in older adults: visualizing the needs of primary care-based health care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Multidisciplinary care pathways for falls prevention, which include falls risk stratification, multifactorial falls risk assessment, and management of multidomain interventions, can reduce falls in older adults. However, efficient multidisciplinary falls prevention care is challenging due to issues such as poor communication and role allocation. This study aimed to identify and visualize the multidisciplinary care needs of primary care-based health care professionals (HCPs) for falls prevention in the Netherlands using the novel co-design approach of journey mapping.

Methods

Online focus groups and interviews (N = 45) were conducted with physical therapists (n = 15), district nurses (n = 9), occupational therapists (n = 7), pharmacists (n = 6), nurse practitioners (n

SUBMITTER: Groos SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11850515 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature