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ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2021

Use of a perceived efficacy tool to evaluate the FallTIPS program.

Patricia C Dykes, Srijesa Khasnabish, Lesley E Adkison, David W Bates, Michael Bogaisky, Zoe Burns, Diane L Carroll, Eileen Carter, Ann C Hurley, Emily Jackson and 7 more

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Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06339125 (Predictive Analytics Combined With Computer Visualization Enhances Patient Safety and Eases Nurse Burden for Preventing Falls), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06339125 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Predictive Analytics Combined With Computer Visualization Enhances Patient Safety and Eases Nurse Burden for Preventing Falls

TypeinterventionalSponsorMassachusetts General HospitalRan2024 to 2025Enrolled5,350ConditionsFall Patients, Fall InjuryArmsFall prevention algorithm, Inspiren camera visualization
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nurse-led fall prevention programs in acute care settings: An integrative review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Patricia C DykesDivision General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Center for Patient Safety, Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Srijesa KhasnabishDivision General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Center for Patient Safety, Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lesley E AdkisonNewton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
David W BatesDivision General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Center for Patient Safety, Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael BogaiskyMontefiore Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Zoe BurnsDivision General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Center for Patient Safety, Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3643-0403
Diane L CarrollMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Eileen CarterSchool of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Ann C HurleyDivision General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Center for Patient Safety, Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Emily JacksonNew York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Susan S KurianMontefiore Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Mary Ellen LindrosMontefiore Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4298-6739
Virginia RyanDepartment of Nursing, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Maureen ScanlanMontefiore Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Linda SpivackMontefiore Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Mary-Ann WalshMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jason AdelmanNew York-Presbyterian, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USMontefiore Medical Center · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital · USNewton Wellesley Hospital · USUniversity of Connecticut · US

Funding

Generalizability and Spread of an Evidenced-based Fall Prevention Toolkit: Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety)R18HS025128 · AHRQ · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI DYKES, PATRICIA C · 2017 to 2019
$1.2M
AHRQ HHS R18 HS025128AHRQ HHS R18HS025128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesTo assess nurses' opinions of the efficacy of using the FallTIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety) fall prevention program.

designSurvey research.

settingSeven adult acute-care hospitals in 2 hospital centers located in Boston and NYC.

participantsA total of 298 medical-surgical nurses on 14 randomly selected units.

interventionThree-step FallTIPS fall prevention program that had been in use as a clinical program for a minimum of 2 years in each hospital. MEASUREMENTS: Fall Prevention Efficiency Scale (FPES), range 13-52; four-factorilly derived subscales: valued, efficiency, balances out and inefficiency; and 13 psychometrically validated individual items.

resultsNurses perceived the FallTIPS fall prevention program to be efficacious. The FPES mean score of 38.55 (SD = 5.05) and median of 39 were well above the lowest possible score of 13 and scale midpoint of 32.5. Most nurses (N = 270, 90.6%) scored above 33. There were no differences in FPES scores between nurses who had only used FallTIPS and nurses who had previously used a different fall prevention program.

conclusionThe nurses who used FallTIPS perceived that efficiencies in patient care compensated for the time spent on FallTIPS. Nurses valued the program and findings confirmed the importance of patient and family engagement with staff in the fall prevention process. Regardless of the fall prevention program used, organizations should examine staff perceptions of their fall prevention program because programs that are not perceived as being useful, efficient, and valuable will lead to nonadherence over time and then will not reduce falls and injuries. The recently developed FPES used in this study is a brief tool available for organizations to assess nurses' perceptions of the efficacy of their fall prevention program. Additional FPES research is needed with larger and more diverse samples.

Indexed as

Patient SafetyAccidental FallsAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNursing Staff, HospitalPerceptionProgram EvaluationPsychometricsfall preventionFallTIPSnurses

Identifiers

PMID34460098
PMCPMC13040064
OpenAlexW3197275097

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