Educating nursing home staff on fracture prevention: a cluster randomised trial
Author(s) -
Helen Cox,
Suezann Puffer,
Veronica Morton,
Cyrus Cooper,
Jean Hodson,
Tahir Masud,
David Oliver,
Danielle Preedy,
Peter Selby,
Mike Stone,
Anne Sutcliffe,
David Torgerson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afm168
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , cluster randomised controlled trial , hip fracture , intervention (counseling) , physical therapy , medical prescription , family medicine , incidence (geometry) , osteoporosis , nursing , surgery , physics , endocrinology , optics
o assess whether specialist osteoporosis nurses delivering training to care home staff can reduce fractures and improve the prescription of treatments to reduce fractures versus usual care.
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