Understanding the positive outcomes of discharge planning interventions for older adults hospitalized following a fall: a realist synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults hospitalized following a fall often encounter preventable adverse events when transitioning from hospital to home. Discharge planning interventions developed to prevent these events do not all produce the expected effects to the same extent. This realist synthesis aimed to better understand when, where, for whom, why and how the components of these interventions produce positive outcomes.

Methods

Nine indexed databases were searched to identify scientific papers and grey literature on discharge planning interventions for older adults (65+) hospitalized following a fall. Manual searches were also conducted. Documents were selected based on relevance and rigor. Two reviewers extracted and compiled data regarding intervention components, contextual facto

SUBMITTER: Provencher V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7844968 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature