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Effects of a Fall Prevention Program on Physical Fitness, Fall Efficacy and Fall Prevention Behavior among Community-dwelling Older Adults / 재활간호학회지
Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing ; : 22-32, 2017.
Artigo em Coreano | WPRIM | ID: wpr-652839
ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

This research was conducted to determine the effects of fall prevention exercise and education on physical fitness, fall efficacy, and fall prevention behavior among community-dwelling older adults.

METHODS:

This study applied nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected from January 8th to March 4th, 2015. There were 24 subjects in the experimental group and 21 in the control group from two different senior citizen center in B city. The fall prevention program consisted of exercise, education, and telephone coaching was developed using self-efficacy theory ‘Performance accomplishment’, ‘Vicarious experience’, ‘Verbal persuasion’, ‘Emotional arousal’. Then, it was conducted once a week for 8 weeks. Data were analyzed with χ² test and t-test using the SPSS program.

RESULTS:

The findings indicated that fall prevention program conducted on older adults is good for improving their muscular strength in lower extremities (t=6.25, p<.001), physical balance (t=2.66, p=.014), physical flexibility (t=2.88, p<.001) and fall prevention behavior (t=6.19, p<.001).

CONCLUSION:

The fall prevention program can be used for community-dwelling older adults as a nursing intervention that enables older adults to enhance their self-care continuously. It is necessary to conduct a follow-up study to see if a self-help meeting could improve self-efficacy.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Autocuidado / Telefone / Aptidão Física / Seguimentos / Enfermagem / Maleabilidade / Extremidade Inferior / Educação Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Adulto / Humanos Idioma: Coreano Revista: Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental) Assunto principal: Autocuidado / Telefone / Aptidão Física / Seguimentos / Enfermagem / Maleabilidade / Extremidade Inferior / Educação Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Estudo prognóstico Limite: Adulto / Humanos Idioma: Coreano Revista: Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Artigo