Trial reportBMJ open2016
'It promoted a positive culture around falls prevention': staff response to a patient education programme-a qualitative evaluation.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Influencing factors of interprofessional collaboration in multifactorial fall prevention interventions: a qualitative systematic review.BMC primary care · 2023Pooled it
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- Qualitative evaluation in nursing interventions-A review of the literature.Nursing open · 2020Pooled it
- Engaging With Hospital Staff to Develop Implementation Strategies For Delivering a Patient Falls Prevention Education Program Using a World Café.Western journal of nursing research · 2026Article
- Reference standard for the prevention and management of hospital falls: a multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Enhancing patient safety: identifying fall risks during patient transfers in operating rooms.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Patient safety is our business! Staff perspectives on implementing hospital falls prevention education.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Considerations across multiple stakeholder groups when implementing fall prevention programs in the acute hospital setting: a qualitative study.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Moving the needle on implementing fall prevention programs in Saudi Arabia: assessing knowledge and perceptions of fall risk among community-dwelling older women.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Interprofessional education to implement patient falls education in hospitals: Lessons learned.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Implementing Patient Falls Education in Hospitals: A Mixed-Methods Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Healthcare professional perspectives on barriers and enablers to falls prevention education: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Hospital falls prevention with patient education: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
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8 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to understand how staff responded to individualised patient falls prevention education delivered as part of a cluster randomised trial, including how they perceived the education contributed to falls prevention on their wards.
designA qualitative explanatory study.
methods5 focus groups were conducted at participatory hospital sites. The purposive sample of clinical staff (including nurses, physiotherapists and quality improvement staff) worked on aged care rehabilitation wards when a cluster randomised trial evaluating a patient education programme was conducted. During the intervention period, an educator, who was a trained health professional and not a member of staff, provided individualised falls prevention education to patients with good levels of cognition (Mini-Mental State Examination >23/30). Clinical staff were provided with training to support the programme and their feedback was sought after the trial concluded, to understand how they perceived the programme impacted on falls prevention. Data were thematically analysed using NVivo qualitative data analysis software.
results5 focus groups were conducted at different hospitals (n=30 participants). Staff perceived that the education created a positive culture around falls prevention and further, facilitated teamwork, whereby patients and staff worked together to address falls prevention. The educator was perceived to be a valuable member of the team. Staff reported that they developed increased knowledge and awareness about creating a safe ward environment. Patients being proactive and empowered to engage in falls prevention strategies, such as ringing the bell for assistance, was viewed as supporting staff falls prevention efforts and motivating staff to change practice.
conclusionsStaff responded positively to patient falls prevention education being delivered on their wards. Providing individualised patient education to older patients with good levels of cognition can empower staff and patients to work as a team to address falls prevention on hospital rehabilitation wards.
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