TY - JOUR
T1 - A randomised trial comparing digital video disc with written delivery of falls prevention education for older patients in hospital
AU - Hill, Ann-Marie
AU - McPhail, Steve
AU - Hoffmann, Tammy
AU - Hill, Keith
AU - Oliver, David
AU - Beer, Christopher
AU - Brauer, Sandra
AU - Haines, Terrence Peter
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Objectives: to compare the effectiveness of a digital video disc (DVD) with that of a written workbook delivering falls prevention education to older hospital patients on self-perceived risk of falls, perception of falls epidemiology, knowledge of prevention strategies, and motivation and confidence to engage in self-protective strategies. To compare the effect of receiving either education approach versus no education on patients perception of falls epidemiology.
DESIGN: Randomized trial (DVD vs workbook) with additional quasi-experimental control group.
SETTINGS: Geriatric, medical, and orthopedic wards in Perth and Brisbane, Australia.
PARTICIPANTS: One hundred (n = 51 DVD, n = 49 workbook) hospital inpatients aged 60 and older receiving an intervention (mean age 75.3) and 122 in the control group (mean age 79.3).
INTERVENTION: Participants randomly assigned to receive identical educational material on falls prevention delivered on a DVD or in a workbook. Control group received usual care.
MEASUREMENTS: Custom-designed survey addressing elements of the Health Belief Model of health behaviour change.
RESULTS: Participants randomised to DVD delivery had a higher self-perceived risk of falling (P = .04) and higher levels of confidence (P = .03) and motivation (P = .04) to engage in self-protective strategies than participants who received the workbook. A higher proportion of participants who received either form of the education provided desired responses than of control group participants across all knowledge items (P
AB - Objectives: to compare the effectiveness of a digital video disc (DVD) with that of a written workbook delivering falls prevention education to older hospital patients on self-perceived risk of falls, perception of falls epidemiology, knowledge of prevention strategies, and motivation and confidence to engage in self-protective strategies. To compare the effect of receiving either education approach versus no education on patients perception of falls epidemiology.
DESIGN: Randomized trial (DVD vs workbook) with additional quasi-experimental control group.
SETTINGS: Geriatric, medical, and orthopedic wards in Perth and Brisbane, Australia.
PARTICIPANTS: One hundred (n = 51 DVD, n = 49 workbook) hospital inpatients aged 60 and older receiving an intervention (mean age 75.3) and 122 in the control group (mean age 79.3).
INTERVENTION: Participants randomly assigned to receive identical educational material on falls prevention delivered on a DVD or in a workbook. Control group received usual care.
MEASUREMENTS: Custom-designed survey addressing elements of the Health Belief Model of health behaviour change.
RESULTS: Participants randomised to DVD delivery had a higher self-perceived risk of falling (P = .04) and higher levels of confidence (P = .03) and motivation (P = .04) to engage in self-protective strategies than participants who received the workbook. A higher proportion of participants who received either form of the education provided desired responses than of control group participants across all knowledge items (P
UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122446860/PDFSTART
U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5414.2009.023456.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5414.2009.023456.x
M3 - Article
VL - 57
SP - 1458
EP - 1463
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
SN - 0002-8614
ER -