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dc.contributor.authorHill, Keith
dc.contributor.authorDay, L.
dc.contributor.authorHaines, T.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:09:45Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:09:45Z
dc.date.created2015-03-05T20:00:31Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationHill, K. and Day, L. and Haines, T. 2014. What factors influence community-dwelling older people’s intent to undertake multifactorial fall prevention programs? Clinical Interventions in Aging. 9: pp. 2045-2053.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8957
dc.identifier.doi10.2147/CIA.S72679
dc.description.abstract

Purpose: To investigate previous, current, or planned participation in, and perceptions toward, multifactorial fall prevention programs such as those delivered through a falls clinic in the community setting, and to identify factors influencing older people’s intent to undertake these interventions. Design and methods: Community-dwelling people aged >70 years completed a telephone survey. Participants were randomly selected from an electronic residential telephone listing, but purposeful sampling was used to include equal numbers with and without common chronic health conditions associated with fall-related hospitalization. The survey included scenarios for fall prevention interventions, including assessment/multifactorial interventions, such as those delivered through a falls clinic. Participants were asked about previous exposure to, or intent to participate in, the interventions. A path model analysis was used to identify factors associated with intent to participate in assessment/multifactorial interventions.Results: Thirty of 376 participants (8.0%) reported exposure to a multifactorial falls clinic-type intervention in the past 5 years, and 16.0% expressed intention to undertake this intervention. Of the 132 participants who reported one or more falls in the past 12 months, over one-third were undecided or disagreed that a falls clinic type of intervention would be of benefit to them. Four elements from the theoretical model positively influenced intention to participate in the intervention: personal perception of intervention effectiveness, self-perceived risk of falls, self-perceived risk of injury, and inability to walk up/down steps without a handrail (P<0.05). Conclusion: Multifactorial falls clinic-type interventions are not commonly accessed or considered as intended fall prevention approaches among community-dwelling older people, even among those with falls in the past 12 months. Factors identified as influencing intention to undertake these interventions may be useful in promoting or targeting these interventions.

dc.publisherDove Medical Press
dc.subjectfalls clinics
dc.subjectmotivation
dc.subjectolder adults
dc.subjectfalls prevention
dc.titleWhat factors influence community-dwelling older people’s intent to undertake multifactorial fall prevention programs?
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.startPage2045
dcterms.source.endPage2053
dcterms.source.issn1178-1998
dcterms.source.titleClinical Interventions in Aging
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curtin.departmentSchool of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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