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ArticleClinical nursing research2013

How feasible was a bed-height alert system?

Huey-Ming Tzeng, Atul Prakash, Mark Brehob, Allison Anderson, David Andrew Devecsery, Chang-Yi Yin

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Article in Clinical nursing research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Huey-Ming TzengWashington State University, Spokane, WA 99210-1495, USA. tzenghm@gmail.com
Atul Prakash
Mark Brehob
Allison Anderson
David Andrew Devecsery
Chang-Yi Yin
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USChinese Culture University · TWMichigan Medicine · USWashington State University Spokane · US

Funding

MICHIGAN INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH (MICHR) (UL1): (BPCA)UL1RR024986 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SHANLEY, THOMAS P. · 2007 to 2011
$51.2M
Translation and Dissemination CoreP30NR009000 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SAMPSELLE, CAROLYN M · 2005 to 2009
$2.1M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024986NCRR NIH HHS UL1RR024986NINR NIH HHS P30 NR009000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This qualitative and descriptive study examined the feasibility of a bed-height alert system as a fall-prevention strategy. The alpha prototype was developed to measure and record bed height, and to remind staff to keep patient beds in the lowest position. This pilot project was conducted in a 52-bed adult acute surgical inpatient care unit of a Michigan community hospital. Qualitative and quantitative information was gathered during semistructured interviews of nursing staff (18 RNs and 13 PCAs; January-April 2011). Descriptive content analysis and descriptive analyses were performed. The overall response rate was 44.9%. The mean values of the feasibility questions are all favorable. Staff's comments also support the view that the alert system would promote patient safety and prevent falls. In short, this system was found to be somewhat useful, feasible, appropriate, and accurate. It has the potential to promote patient safety and prevent bed-associated injurious falls in inpatient care settings.

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BedsAccidental FallsFeasibility StudiesHospitals, CommunityHumansMichiganPilot Projectsaccidental fallsbedshospitalpatient roompatient safety

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PMID22997350
PMCPMC3708997
OpenAlexW2120467389

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