Effects of family-centered educational intervention on fall prevention knowledge, attitudes, compliance and the incidence of falls of elderly inpatients
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2018.03.011
- VernacularTitle:以家庭为中心的教育干预对老年患者跌倒预防知识、态度、依从性及跌倒发生率的影响
- Author:
Hongdi DU
1
;
Xiaoxuan LIU
;
Xiaopeng HUO
;
Linlin WANG
;
Caiyun LIU
Author Information
1. 中国医学科学院北京协和医院保健医疗部
- Keywords:
family-centered care;
elderly inpatients;
fall prevention;
knowledge;
attitude;
compliance
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2018;17(3):48-52
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of family-centered educational intervention on fall prevention knowledge and attitude,compliance and fall incidence of elderly inpatients. Methods A total of 300 elderly inpatients were selected in a first-class grade A hospital in Beijing and divided into the experiment group and the control group equally.The intervention group was given family-centered educational intervention for 6 months,while the control group was given conventional treatment and care in ward.The knowledge and attitude,compliance and the incidence of falls of elderly inpatients were evaluated at discharge and 3 months,6 months after discharge. Results The knowledge and attitude, compliance of elderly inpatients in the intervention group were significantly better than that in the control group (P<0.05).The incidence of falls in the intervention group was significantly lower than that in the control group at discharge and 3 months,6 months after discharge (P<0.05). Conclusions The family-centered educational intervention can enhance the fall prevention knowledge, attitude and compliance of elderly inpatients effectively and reduce the incidence rate of falls.The long-term effect is relatively obvious.
