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Prevention of Fall-Related Injuries in Long-term Care

Author(s) -

Wayne A. Ray,

Jo Taylor,

Anne K. Brown,

Patricia Gideon,

Kathi Hall,

Patrick G. Arbogast,

Sarah Meredith

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.165.19.2293

Subject(s) - medicine , fall prevention , psychological intervention , long term care , injury prevention , intervention (counseling) , poison control , randomized controlled trial , confidence interval , occupational safety and health , physical therapy , suicide prevention , cluster randomised controlled trial , emergency medicine , nursing , surgery , pathology

Fall-related injuries, a major public health problem in long-term care, may be reduced by interventions that improve safety practices. Previous studies have shown that safety practice interventions can reduce falls; however, in long-term care these have relied heavily on external funding and staff. The aim of this study was to test whether a training program in safety practices for staff could reduce fall-related injuries in long-term care facilities.

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