Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT Falls are a major problem in nursing homes due to their high prevalence and impact on the functioning of elderly. Objective: This study aims to: a) construct and validate a scale for assessing the practices and behaviors of professionals from nursing homes after falls in elderly; b) describe practices and behaviors after falls; and c) associate practices and behaviors with professionals’ length of experience, training and age. Methods: This is a correlational study, conducted in a sample of 152 professionals from six nursing homes. The study adhered to all of the Declaration of Helsinki principles. Results: The scale constructed has a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.938. The 12 items of the scale are grouped into two factors. The most expressive indicators are the communication of fall episodes that result in severe injuries (4.64 ± 0.812) and the communication of falls that result in injuries and need intervention from health technicians (4.61 ± 0.832). We found no significant statistical difference between length of professional experience, training and age when associated with professional practices and behaviors after falls in elderly (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Future studies should investigate the association of post-fall professional practices and behaviors with fear of another fall, fall recurrence, and changes in functioning of the elderly following a fall. |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive declineaccidental fallselderlycaregivershome for the agedcognitive dysfunctionpsychometricsABSTRACT Falls are a major problem in nursing homes due to their high prevalence and impact on the functioning of elderly. Objective: This study aims to: a) construct and validate a scale for assessing the practices and behaviors of professionals from nursing homes after falls in elderly; b) describe practices and behaviors after falls; and c) associate practices and behaviors with professionals’ length of experience, training and age. Methods: This is a correlational study, conducted in a sample of 152 professionals from six nursing homes. The study adhered to all of the Declaration of Helsinki principles. Results: The scale constructed has a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.938. The 12 items of the scale are grouped into two factors. The most expressive indicators are the communication of fall episodes that result in severe injuries (4.64 ± 0.812) and the communication of falls that result in injuries and need intervention from health technicians (4.61 ± 0.832). We found no significant statistical difference between length of professional experience, training and age when associated with professional practices and behaviors after falls in elderly (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Future studies should investigate the association of post-fall professional practices and behaviors with fear of another fall, fall recurrence, and changes in functioning of the elderly following a fall.Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento2020-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642020000100062Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.14 n.1 2020reponame:Dementia & Neuropsychologiainstname:Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)instacron:ANCC10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-010010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBaixinho,Cristina LavaredaDixe,Maria dos Anjoseng2020-03-11T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1980-57642020000100062Revistahttp://www.demneuropsy.com.br/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||demneuropsy@uol.com.br1980-57641980-5764opendoar:2020-03-11T00:00Dementia & Neuropsychologia - Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)false |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline Baixinho,Cristina Lavareda accidental falls elderly caregivers home for the aged cognitive dysfunction psychometrics |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline |
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Practices and behaviors of professionals after falls in institutionalized elderly with and without cognitive decline |
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Baixinho,Cristina Lavareda |
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Baixinho,Cristina Lavareda Dixe,Maria dos Anjos |
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Dixe,Maria dos Anjos |
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Baixinho,Cristina Lavareda Dixe,Maria dos Anjos |
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accidental falls elderly caregivers home for the aged cognitive dysfunction psychometrics |
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accidental falls elderly caregivers home for the aged cognitive dysfunction psychometrics |
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ABSTRACT Falls are a major problem in nursing homes due to their high prevalence and impact on the functioning of elderly. Objective: This study aims to: a) construct and validate a scale for assessing the practices and behaviors of professionals from nursing homes after falls in elderly; b) describe practices and behaviors after falls; and c) associate practices and behaviors with professionals’ length of experience, training and age. Methods: This is a correlational study, conducted in a sample of 152 professionals from six nursing homes. The study adhered to all of the Declaration of Helsinki principles. Results: The scale constructed has a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.938. The 12 items of the scale are grouped into two factors. The most expressive indicators are the communication of fall episodes that result in severe injuries (4.64 ± 0.812) and the communication of falls that result in injuries and need intervention from health technicians (4.61 ± 0.832). We found no significant statistical difference between length of professional experience, training and age when associated with professional practices and behaviors after falls in elderly (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Future studies should investigate the association of post-fall professional practices and behaviors with fear of another fall, fall recurrence, and changes in functioning of the elderly following a fall. |
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