Open Access<p>Barriers and Facilitators to Older Adults Participating in Fall-Prevention Strategies After Transitioning Home from Acute Hospitalization: A Scoping Review</p>
Author(s) -
HueyMing Tzeng,
Udoka Okpalauwaekwe,
Elizabeth Lyons
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s256599
Subject(s) - fall prevention , cinahl , medicine , psycinfo , medline , psychological intervention , gerontology , cochrane library , thematic analysis , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , scopus , acute care , occupational safety and health , family medicine , health care , nursing , qualitative research , meta analysis , medical emergency , social science , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth , pathology
Approximately, 14% of older adults aged 65 years and over experience a fall within 1 month post-hospital discharge. Adequate self-management may minimize the impact of these falls; however, research is lacking on why some older adults engage in self-management to prevent falls while others do not.