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Evaluation of a nurse-led falls prevention programme versus usual care
— a randomized controlled trial | | Author(s) | Elizabeth Lightbody, Caroline Watkins, Michael Leathley |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 31, no 3, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp 203-210 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Preventative medicine ; Accident & emergency depts ; Nursing ; Evaluation ; Liverpool. |
| Annotation | A fifth of those attending Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E) do so with a fall. 348 consecutive patients attending A&E at University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool with a fall were randomised to the nurse intervention or "usual care". The nurse intervention included a home assessment to deal with easily modifiable risk factors for falls, and assessments of medication, ECG, blood pressure, cognition, visual acuity, hearing, vestibular dysfunction, balance, mobility, feet and footwear. All patients were given advice and education about general safety in the home. Although differences between the two groups were not significant, patients in the intervention group had fewer falls and hospital attendances, and spent less time in hospital. The single assessment of risk factors for falls with appropriate intervention increased long term independence. Falls prevention programmes should focus not only on falls, but also on independence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020530212 A |
| Classmark | OLF: LK2: LD6: LQ: 4C: 84B |
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