An Educational Toolkit to Improve Fall Prevention Knowledge in the Elderly
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Patient falls continue to be one of the healthcare industry’s most complex problems. Despite 20 to 30% of falls being preventable, many patients are unaware of effective fall prevention strategies. One way to bridge this gap is through patient education using the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries toolkit, which raises awareness of modifiable risk factors and fall prevention techniques. The evidence-based quality improvement project used a quasi-experimental, single-cohort, pretest-posttest design to determine whether providing fall prevention education to adults aged 65 years and older improved their fall prevention knowledge. Ten patients participated in the project at a small primary care clinic in Pueblo, Colorado. The results of the project demonstrated a mean seven-point increase in the pre- and post-test scores following the intervention, suggesting increased knowledge in fall prevention strategies and practices, although a paired-samples t-test yielded inadequate statistical significance. Continued use of the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries education enhances fall awareness, increases fall prevention knowledge, and reduces falls and fall-related injuries, ultimately promoting a higher quality of life.
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