Home fire safety intervention pilot with urban older adults living in Wales

被引:6
作者
Lehna, Carlee [1 ]
Merrell, Joy [2 ]
Furmanek, Stephen [1 ]
Twyman, Stephanie [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Louisville, Sch Nursing, 555 S Floyd St, Louisville, KY 40202 USA
[2] Swansea Univ, Coll Human & Hlth Sci, Singleton Pk, Swansea SA2 8PP, W Glam, Wales
关键词
Older adults; Home fire safety education; Community dwelling; International collaboration;
D O I
10.1016/j.burns.2016.06.025
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the effects of a home fire safety (HFS) education program developed in the US, on improved HFS knowledge and practice in a purposive sample of 12 urban older adults living in Swansea, Wales. Knowledge was tested at baseline (T1), immediately after watching a Video on HFS (T2), and at 2-week follow-up (T3). A majority of the participants were Caucasian (n = 9, 81.8%), and female (n = 11, 91.7%); their mean age was 78 years old (SD = 12.7 years). They had two chronic illnesses (n = 1.8, SD = 1.3), walked without help (n = 7, 58.3%), and lived in a flat (n = 10, 90.9%). Knowledge scores (percent correct) changed over time and were significantly different from T1 (46.7%) to T2 (59.2%, p = 0.04) and from T1 (46.7%) to T3 (58.9%, p = 0.04), but T2 and T3 (p = 0.94) scores showed no difference. There is a need for educational HFS intervention programs aimed at this age group. This pilot successfully targeted active older adults living independently in sheltered housing complexes. Further fire safety research is needed with community dwelling older adults living in other types of housing. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.
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页码:69 / 75
页数:7
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