The article Effects of falls prevention interventions on falls outcomes for hospitalised adults: protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis takes a look at falls which is described as a major source of hospitalization, unintentional or accidental injury. The objective of the study was to evaluate effectiveness of interventions that can prevent falls. These solutions were aimed at reducing the rate of hospitalization of adults resulting from falls. The falling incidents were most prevalent in older adults who had chronic conditions and advancing age (WHO). The actions projected by this study included environmental modifications, patient training and clinical training. The initial importance of this review was the identification of the cause of falling. The second one was the identification and evaluation of effective intervention methods. The review was done through a systematic review and reported through a PRISMA statement. The types of studies that were eligible for this review were controlled clinical trials and randomized controlled trials written in English.
Only interventions that were deliverable in a hospital-based setting were considered. The hospital setting was described as any establishment that had in patient care, emergency services, in hospital home and outpatient services. The trials included raw data of these interventions with a baseline set. This standard data set was the number of falls with a secondary outline indicating the number of injuries that resulted from them. The review was based on participants aged 21 years and above selected from both hospital staff and patients. The selection of studies for this review was done through an electronic search of all medical based databases such as CINAHL and MEDLINE. An evaluation of method equality or risk of bias was conducted on each study to establish its suitability for inclusion into the review. The data was extracted through a standardized pretested data extraction form. The extracted data was synthesized using continuous outcomes risk ratios where 95% of the trials measured using the same instruments had identical results (Slade et al., 2016). The data was pooled and separated based on the different types of interventions being investigated.
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Slade, S. C., Carey, D. L., Hill, A.-M., & Morris, M. E. (2017). Effects of falls prevention interventions on falls outcomes for hospitalised adults: Protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMJ Open.
Slade, S. C., Dionne, C. E., Underwood, M., & Buchbinder, R. (2016). Consensus on exercise reporting template (CERT): Explanation and elaboration statement. British Journal of Sports Medicine.
World Health Organization. (n.d.).Falls. World Health Organization.