- Title
- Patients' experience after a fall and their perceptions of fall prevention: a qualitative study
- Creator
- Lim, Mei Ling; Ang, Seng Giap Marcus; Teo, Kai Yunn; Wee, Yan Hui Celestine; Yee, Shu Ping; Lim, Shin Hui; Ang, Shin Yuh
- Relation
- Journal of Nursing Care Quality Vol. 33, Issue 1, p. 46-52
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000261
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- An exploratory descriptive study was conducted to explore the perspectives of patients who had fallen in the hospital; 100 patients were interviewed. An inductive content analysis approach was adopted. Six themes emerged: Apathetic toward falls, self-blame behavior, reluctance to impose on busy nurses, negative feelings toward nurses, overestimating own ability, and poor retention of information. Patients often downplayed the risks of falls and were reluctant to call for help.
- Subject
- fall prevention; fall risk; falls; inpatient; patient perceptions
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1410450
- Identifier
- uon:36183
- Identifier
- ISSN:1057-3631
- Language
- eng
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