Asiri Faisal, ALMohiza Mohammad A, Faia Aseeri Mohammad, Mehtab Alam Mohammed, Ataalla Sabri M, Alqahtani Mazen, Alshahrani Adel
1 Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
2 Department of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Int Med Res. 2018 Dec;46(12):5062-5073. doi: 10.1177/0300060518789816. Epub 2018 Aug 29.
To determine the knowledge of falls risk factors among home healthcare (HHC) professionals and the practice patterns of HHC professionals regarding falls prevention.
A modified version of a survey designed and validated for use in home healthcare settings was distributed to HHC professionals for self-completion. Responses were collected and analysed using descriptive methods.
Out of 80 surveys distributed to 23 HHC centres, 52 returned surveys were included for analyses (completed by physicians, physical therapists [PTs] and nurses). In terms of practice patterns, 82.7% of participants always asked older adults if they have a history of falls, 81% always identified falls risk factors, 73% documented risk factors for falling and 71% always provided interventions to address falls risk factors. Environmental hazards were the most common risk factor identified by HHC professionals. Approximately one quarter of nurses felt they had little knowledge of falls risk factors.
Over 70% of HHC professionals acknowledged the importance of falls, and over 80% of participants displayed knowledge of falls prevention factors. As HHC professionals most likely to encounter patients requiring intervention for falls prevention, physical therapists may benefit from training programmes to help identify important falls risk factors.
确定家庭医疗保健（HHC）专业人员对跌倒风险因素的了解情况以及他们在预防跌倒方面的实践模式。
一份经过设计和验证可用于家庭医疗保健环境的调查问卷的修改版分发给HHC专业人员自行填写。使用描述性方法收集和分析回复。
在分发给23个HHC中心的80份调查问卷中，纳入分析的有52份回复问卷（由医生、物理治疗师[PT]和护士完成）。在实践模式方面，82.7%的参与者总是询问老年人是否有跌倒史，81%总是识别跌倒风险因素，73%记录跌倒风险因素，71%总是提供针对跌倒风险因素的干预措施。环境危害是HHC专业人员识别出的最常见风险因素。约四分之一的护士觉得他们对跌倒风险因素了解甚少。
超过70%的HHC专业人员认识到跌倒的重要性，超过80%的参与者表现出对预防跌倒因素的了解。由于HHC专业人员最有可能遇到需要进行跌倒预防干预的患者，物理治疗师可能会从有助于识别重要跌倒风险因素的培训项目中受益。
