Fall prevention in long-term care: An in-house interdisciplinary team approach

被引：7

作者：

Eakman, AM ^{[1
]}

Havens, MD ^{[1
]}

Ager, SJ ^{[1
]}

Buchanan, RL ^{[1
]}

Fee, NJ ^{[1
]}

Gollick, SG ^{[1
]}

Michels, MJ ^{[1
]}

Olson, LL ^{[1
]}

Satterfield, KM ^{[1
]}

Stevenson, KA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Montana State Univ, Dept Psychol, Billings, MT USA

来源：

TOPICS IN GERIATRIC REHABILITATION | 2002年 / 17卷 / 03期

关键词：

falls; long-term care; older adults; prevention;

D O I：

10.1097/00013614-200203000-00005

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Older adults in long-term care are at great risk of injury from falling. An interdisciplinary fall prevention team recommended four classes of interventions for 25 long-term care residents with significant fall histories. Data were collected covering 90-day, pre- and post-intervention time frames. Resident falls evidenced a 39.8% decline (p =.0001). Resident injuries declined 49% consisting of mild (p =.05) and severe injuries (p =.04). The findings of this study suggest that an interdisciplinary fall team is an effective tool for reducing resident falls and fall-related injuries in a long-term care setting.

引用

页码：29 / 39

页数：11

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