The impact of patient education in preventing patient falls

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Condition 1: Fall involving bed. Condition 2: Fall involving wheelchair, Fall involving chair. Condition 3: other fall on same level.; Fall from bed; Fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter; Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling

• Registration Number: IRCT20200109046067N1
• Lead Sponsor: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 21 April 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 170

Inclusion Criteria

Hospital stay of at least 4 days
Morse risk score above 25

Exclusion Criteria

Morse risk score lower than 25
Patients' unconsciousness
Patients' Unwillingness

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients' knowledge about patient falls. Timepoint: Before patient education and 7 days after training. Method of measurement: Using a valid questionnaire consisting of 20 items with three options of correct, false and do not know about patient knowledge to prevent falls.;Self-efficacy of patients to prevent patient falls. Timepoint: Before patient education and 7 days after training. Method of measurement: A validated 15-item questionnaire on self-efficacy for preventive falls with a four-choice Likert scale.;Number of patient falls in six months. Timepoint: At the end of intervention (end of September). Method of measurement: Based on the patient fall data recorded in the hospital information system.