Critiquing Public Health Literature Reporting: Quantitative Data For this discussion, we will continue the same process we used in Unit 6, when we collaboratively analyzed a public health study. We...

Critiquing Public Health Literature Reporting: Quantitative Data

For this discussion, we will continue the same process we used in Unit 6, when we collaboratively analyzed a public health study. We will examine the Schwendimann et al. study linked in Resources and ask the same type of questions as before. TheRothman, Montori, Cherrington, and Pignone article may be useful if you need help articulating specific numerical data observations.

Instructions

Read or review the article on fall preventionby Schwendimann, Milisen,Bühler, and De Geest.

For your initial post, refer to the guidelines in the FEM and the linked Resourcesas you address the following:

1. Identify the study's target population.


2. Describe the specific problem that prompted the authors to do this study.


3. Describe the intervention, citing at least one previous study used in the article to justify the intervention. Locate the article to find supporting efficacy data.


4. Describe all the instruments the authors used to show the efficacy of their intervention.

Response Guidelines

Read and respond to the posts of your peers according to the guidelines in the FEM.

Address the following in your response:

• How do the analyses of your peers compare to yours?

Resources

• 
  Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.


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  APA Module.


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  Capella University Library.


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  Fall Prevention in a Swiss Acute Care Hospital Setting.


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  Perspective: The Role of Numeracy in Health Care.

8/28/2020 https://search-proquest-com.library.capella.edu/printviewfile?accountid=27965 1/9 Find a copy Back to previous page document 1 of 1 Full Text | Scholarly Journals Fall Prevention in a Swiss Acute Care Hospital Setting: Reducing Multiple Falls Schwendimann, René, MSN; Milisen, Koen, PhD, RN; Bühler, Hugo, MD; De Geest, Sabina, PhD, RN. Journal of Gerontological Nursing; Thorofare Vol. 32, Iss. 3, (Mar 2006): 13-22. http://wv9lq5ld3p.search.serialssolutions.com.library.capella.edu?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF- 8&rfr_id=info:sid/ProQ%3Ahealthcompleteshell&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Gerontological+Nursing&rft.atitle=Fall+ 03-01&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=13&rft.isbn=&rft.btitle=&rft.title=Journal+of+Gerontological+Nursing&rft.issn=00989134&rft_id=info:doi/ Abstract Preventing in-hospital falls is an important goal in avoiding poor patient outcomes. In this quasi-experimental study, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of a nurse-led fall prevention program in a 300-bed Swiss hospital. Four hundred and nine patients (internal medicine) were included: intervention group (n = 198), usual- care group (n = 211). The program consisted of training nurses in the use of the Morse Fall Scale, and the implementation of 15 selected preventive interventions. In the intervention group, the proportion of patients at risk for falls was higher (p = .048), and fewer patients with multiple falls were observed (p = .009). The intervention program showed an effect in preventing multiple falls, but not first falls. The prolonged mean time to a first fall in a subgroup of fallers in the intervention group may indicate an increased awareness of the nurses and the appropriateness of the interventions used. Full Text Headnote In this study conducted at a hospital in Zürich, Switzerland, the authors evaluate an approach to fall prevention in which risk assessment and a protocol of nursing interventions were used to reduce the risk of falls. ABSTRACT Preventing in-hospital falls is an important goal in avoiding poor patient outcomes. In this quasi-experimental study, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of a nurse-led fall prevention program in a 300-bed Swiss hospital. Four hundred and nine patients (internal mediane) were included: intervention group (n = 198), usual- care group