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ArticleBMJ open2016

Compliant flooring to prevent fall-related injuries: a scoping review protocol.

Chantelle C Lachance, Michal P Jurkowski, Ania C Dymarz, Dawn C Mackey

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Article in BMJ open, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Feasibility of Compliant Flooring in Long-Term Care: Results from a Stakeholder Symposium.Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chantelle C LachanceDepartment of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Michal P JurkowskiDepartment of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Ania C DymarzW.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Dawn C MackeyDepartment of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Simon Fraser University · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

CIHR KRS-14099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionFall-related injuries can have serious consequences for older adults, including increased risk of dependence in daily activities and mortality. Compliant flooring is a passive intervention that may reduce the incidence and severity of fall-related injuries in healthcare settings, including acute and long-term care, but few sites have implemented compliant flooring, in part because synthesised evidence about key performance aspects has not been available. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will conduct a scoping review to address the question: what is presented about the biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and workplace safety associated with compliant flooring systems that aim to prevent fall-related injuries? We will conduct a comprehensive and systematic literature search of academic databases (AgeLine, CINAHL, EBM Reviews, MEDLINE (Ovid), SportDiscus and Web of Science) and grey literature (clinical trial registries, theses/dissertations, abstracts/conference proceedings and relevant websites). 2 team members will independently screen records (first titles and abstracts, then full text) and extract data from included records. Numerical and narrative analyses will be presented by theme (biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, workplace safety). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This scoping review responds to the information needs of healthcare decision-makers tasked with preventing fall-related injuries. This review will summarise evidence about compliant flooring as a potential intervention for preventing fall-related injuries in older adults and identify gaps in evidence and new avenues for research. Results will be especially useful in long-term care, but also applicable in acute care, assisted living and home care. We will disseminate the review's findings via open-access publications, conference presentations, a webinar, a Stakeholder Symposium and a Knowledge-to-Action Report.

Indexed as

Accidental FallsEnvironment DesignFloors and FloorcoveringsHealth FacilitiesHumansScoping Reviews as TopicTrauma Severity IndicesWounds and InjuriesGERIATRIC MEDICINEHEALTH ECONOMICS

Identifiers

PMID27531731
PMCPMC5013369
OpenAlexW2512302844

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