Education interventions for health professionals on falls prevention in health care settings: a 10-year scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls in hospitals are a major risk to patient safety. Health professional education has the potential to be an important aspect of falls prevention interventions. This scoping review was designed to investigate the extent of falls prevention education interventions available for health professionals, and to determine the quality of reporting.

Method

A five stage scoping review process was followed based on Arksey and O'Malley's framework and refined by the Joanna Briggs Institute Methodology for JBI Scoping Reviews. Five online databases identified papers published from January 2008 until May 2019. Papers were independently screened by two reviewers, and data extracted and analysed using a quality reporting framework.

Results

Thirty-nine publications were

SUBMITTER: Shaw L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653707 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature