مورد إلكتروني
There is more to Life than Risk Avoidance : Elderly Peoples Perspectives of Falls and Compliant Flooring
العنوان: | There is more to Life than Risk Avoidance : Elderly Peoples Perspectives of Falls and Compliant Flooring |
---|---|
بيانات النشر: | Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för miljö- och livsvetenskaper (from 2013) Karlstads universitet, Centrum för personsäkerhet (from 2013) Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper (from 2013) 2018 |
تفاصيل مُضافة: | Gustavsson, Johanna Jernbro, Carolina Nilson, Finn |
نوع الوثيقة: | Electronic Resource |
مستخلص: | Background. Falls are the most common cause of injury in all ages and are especiallydifficult to prevent among residential care residents. Compliant flooring has beenproposed as a measure to prevent fall-injury, however little is known regarding theimplementation aspects in clinical settings. The aim of this study was to explore thefrail elderly person's view on falls, the risk of fall-injury, prevention in general andspecifically compliant flooring as an injury preventative measure. Methods. In this qualitative study, we used the grounded theory method and conductedin depths interviews with eight elderly people in residential care.Results. The identified categories were Falling as a part of life, Fearing theconsequences and A wish to prevent falls and injuries. Through the results is was clearthat There is more to life than risk avoidance, permeated the interviews, thereforeforming the grounded theory. The interviewees viewed falls as something common andnormal, and were uninterested in focusing on the risk of falls. Although they wanted toprevent falls, it was often difficult to integrate preventative measures into their everydaylife. They embraced the idea of an injury reducing compliant flooring, but their maininterests lie elsewhere.Conclusions. The results in this paper propose explanations on the obstacles ofimplementing fall prevention measures in an elderly frail population. The findings cangive us insights as to why interest, compliance for active fall prevention measures arelow, and on various factors that have to be taken under consideration in the process ofconstructing prevention. Compliant flooring is a passive fall injury prevention measurethat does not require the target group to make active decisions, adapt or activelyparticipate in the program. Therefore, we conclude that complaint flooring, from theperspective of the residents, can work well in residential care. |
مصطلحات الفهرس: | Injury Prevention; Impact-Absorbing Flooring; Low-Impact Flooring; Nursing Home, Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi, Article in journal, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, text |
DOI: | 10.1080.17482631.2018.1479586 |
URL: | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 1748-2623, 2018, 13:1, s. 1-9 |
الإتاحة: | Open access content. Open access content info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
ملاحظة: | application/pdf English |
أرقام أخرى: | UPE oai:DiVA.org:kau-66657 0000-0003-4840-6424 0000-0003-4526-2752 0000-0002-6928-0683 doi:10.1080/17482631.2018.1479586 ISI:000434312600001 1234410353 |
المصدر المساهم: | UPPSALA UNIV LIBR From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative. |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsoai.on1234410353 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OAIster |
DOI: | 10.1080.17482631.2018.1479586 |
---|