Fall prevention in hospitals and nursing homes: Clinical practice guideline.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Falls and their consequences are particularly common in older adults in hospitals and long-term care (LTC) facilities.

Aim

To avoid falls and their consequences, and provide nurses with an overview of all relevant research literature on fall prevention, and a practice guideline on fall prevention in older adults was developed.

Methods

The development process included a systematic literature review to identify systematic reviews and primary studies on the topic of fall prevention, an assessment of the study quality, the preparation of meta-analyses to summarize the results, and the application of the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach to grade the scientific literature. The guideline panel and an external multi

SUBMITTER: Schoberer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9310602 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature