Aminzadeh F, Edwards N
Regional Geriatric Assessment Program, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Public Health Nurs. 1998 Aug;15(4):297-304. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1998.tb00353.x.
Falls are a common barrier to independent living among elderly persons. In recent years, growing awareness of the incidence of falls has led to the development of many community-based fall prevention programs for older adults. However, the potential impact of these programs is diminished by the lack of research on factors that may influence older persons' decisions to adopt or reject fall prevention behaviors. This exploratory descriptive study employed a focus group approach to elicit qualitative data on seniors' views on the use of assistive devices in fall prevention. Four focus group interviews were conducted with a convenience sample of 30 community-living older adults from Italian- and British-Canadian backgrounds in Ottawa, Canada. The interviews documented personal experiences with and the meaning of falls, aging, and assistive device use for older adults. The findings have important implications for the public health nursing practice in the realms of individual counseling, social marketing, and policy change to prevent falls among elderly persons. The study also provides direction for future research on this topic.
跌倒是老年人独立生活的常见障碍。近年来，人们对跌倒发生率的认识不断提高，促使许多针对老年人的社区预防跌倒项目得以开展。然而，由于缺乏对可能影响老年人接受或拒绝预防跌倒行为的因素的研究，这些项目的潜在影响有所减弱。这项探索性描述性研究采用焦点小组方法，以获取关于老年人对预防跌倒中使用辅助设备看法的定性数据。对来自加拿大渥太华的30名具有意大利和英裔加拿大背景的社区居住老年人进行了便利抽样，组织了四次焦点小组访谈。访谈记录了老年人跌倒、衰老和使用辅助设备的个人经历及意义。这些研究结果对公共卫生护理实践在个人咨询、社会营销和政策变革等领域预防老年人跌倒方面具有重要意义。该研究还为该主题的未来研究提供了方向。
