@article{ref1,
title="Falls reduction in long-term care facilities: a preliminary report of a new internet-based behavioral technique",
journal="Journal of the American Medical Directors Association",
year="2009",
author="Mansdorf, Irwin J. and Sharma, Ravil and Perez, M. and Lepore, Anne-Marie",
volume="10",
number="9",
pages="630-633",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate an Internet-based psychological intervention targeting behavioral factors related to falls among residents of long-term care communities. DESIGN: Retrospective A-B design with 90-day look-back. SETTING: Long-term care communities in New York State (N=4, 3 SNF, 1 ALF). PARTICIPANTS: Nursing home residents (N=26). INTERVENTION: Internet-based programmed learning system using cognitive- and behavioral-based techniques. MEASUREMENTS: Direct measures of documented falls in the medical record, perceived risk and burden scales, Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), Attitudes to Falls-Related Interventions Scale (AFRIS). RESULTS: Reductions in documented falls by 52% along with substantial reductions in staff ratings of risk and burden. CONCLUSION: Behavioral treatment of risk factors related to falls within a structured delivery using Internet-based intervention may be an effective and efficient mechanism for treating fall risk in long-term care settings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1525-8610",
doi="10.1016/j.jamda.2009.06.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2009.06.005"
}