Exploring the causes and impacts of falls among ambulators with spinal cord injury using photovoice: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study explored: (1) fall circumstances experienced by ambulators with spinal cord injury (SCI) over a 6-month period, (2) the impacts of falls-related injuries and fall risk and (3) their preferences/recommendations for fall prevention.

Design

A sequential explanatory mixed-methods design with two phases.

Setting

A Canadian SCI rehabilitation hospital and community setting.

Participants

Thirty-three ambulators with SCI participated in phase 1 and eight participants that fell in phase 1 participated in phase 2.

Methods

In phase 1, fall circumstances were tracked using a survey that was completed each time a participant fell during the 6-month tracking period. Phase 2 involved photovoice; participants took photographs of factors that influe

SUBMITTER: Singh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7462239 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature