Educating hospital patients to prevent falls: protocol for a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Falls prevention in hospitals is an ongoing challenge worldwide. Despite a wide variety of recommended falls mitigation strategies, few have strong evidence for effectiveness in reducing falls and accompanying injuries. Patient education programmes that promote engagement and enable people to understand their heightened falls risk while hospitalised are one approach. The aim of this scoping review is to examine the content, design and outcomes of patient education approaches to hospital falls prevention. As well as critiquing the role of patient education in hospital falls prevention, strategies that can be used in clinical practice shall be recommended.

Methods and analysis

The analysis will apply the methodological framework developed by Arksey and O'Malley an

SUBMITTER: Heng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756445 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature