Implementing Patient Falls Education in Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Trial.

ABSTRACT: Patient education is key to preventing hospital falls yet is inconsistently implemented by health professionals. A mixed methods study was conducted involving a ward-based evaluation of patients receiving education from health professionals using a scripted conversation guide with a falls prevention brochure, followed by semi-structured qualitative interviews with a purposive sample of health professionals involved in delivering the intervention. Over five weeks, 37 patients consented to surveys (intervention n = 27; control n = 10). The quantitative evaluation showed that falls prevention education was not systematically implemented in the trial ward. Seven individual interviews were conducted with health professionals to understand the reasons why implementation failed. Per

SUBMITTER: Heng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9316918 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature