The impact of fall risk assessment on nurse fears,patient falls,and functional ability in long-term care

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether providing fall risk information to long-term care (LTC) nurses affects restraint use, activities of daily living (ADL), falls, and nurse fears about patient falls. Methods: One-hundred and fifty LTC residents were randomized to a fall risk assessment intervention or care-as-usual group. Hypotheses were tested using analyses of variance and path analyses. Results: Restraint use was associated with lower ADL scores. In the intervention group, there ceased to be significant relationships between nurse fears about falls and patient falls (after controlling for actual patient risk; post-intervention, nurse fears about falls were based on realistic appraisals), and between fears and restraints (i.e. unjustified nurse fears became less likely to lead to unjustified restraint use). No group differences in falls were identified. Conclusion: Despite a lack of group differences in falls, results show initial promise in potentially impacting resident care. Increasing intervention intensity may lead to fall reductions in future research.

• Implications for Rehabilitation

• Given the high prevalence rates of falls in LTC and associated injuries, prevention programs are important.

• Nurse fears about patient falls may impact upon restraint use which, when excessive, can interfere with the patient’s ability to perform ADL. Excessive restraint use, due to unjustified nurse fears, could also lead to falls.

• Providing accurate, concise information to nursing staff about patient fall risk may aid in reducing the association between unjustified nurse fears and the resulting restraint use that can have potential negative consequences.

     

Correction: Development and in vitro evaluation of κ-carrageenan based polymeric hybrid nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Correction for ‘Development and in vitro evaluation of κ-carrageenan based polymeric hybrid nanocomposite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering’ by Muhammad Umar Aslam Khan et al., RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 40529–40542. DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07446B.

The authors regret errors in Fig. 9 in the original article. The corrected Fig. 9 is shown below where all three +ive control panels and the 72 h CG-g-Aac-2 panel have been replaced.Open in a separate windowFig. 9Cell morphology of MC3T3-E1 against +ive control and all scaffold samples (CG-g-AAc1, CG-g-AAc2 and CG-g-AAc3) under standard in vitro conditions. The red arrows show thread-like morphology and the yellow arrows exhibits well-grown morphology of the cells.The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.     

Problematic Internet Use,Psychopathology, Defense Mechanisms,and Coping Strategies: a Cross-Sectional Study from the United Arab Emirates

Psychiatric Quarterly - A number of studies point to a demonstrated relationship between problematic Internet use (PIU) and psychopathological variables. However, explorations of PIU in relation to...