Implementation strategies to support fall prevention interventions in long-term care facilities for older persons: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Falls are common among older people in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). Falls cause considerable morbidity, mortality and reduced quality of life. Of numerous interventional studies of fall prevention interventions in LTCFs, some reduced falls. However, there are challenges to implementing these interventions in real-world (non-trial) clinical practice, and the implementation techniques may be crucial to successful translation. This systematic review thus aimed to synthesise the evidence on implementation strategies, implementation outcomes and clinical outcomes included in fall prevention intervention studies. A systematic search of six electronic databases (PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, Web of Science) and eight grey literature databases was conducted, involving papers publ

SUBMITTER: Albasha N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878796 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature