@article{ref1,
title="An exploratory survey of older women's post-fall decisions",
journal="Journal of applied gerontology",
year="2016",
author="Bergeron, Caroline D. and Friedman, Daniela B. and Spencer, S. Melinda and Miller, Susan C. and Hilfinger Messias, DeAnne K. and McKeever, Robert",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This research examined factors influencing older women's post-fall decision making. We surveyed 130 independent older women from continuing care retirement communities and non-institutional homes. We categorized women's post-fall decisions as medical, corrective, and social decisions, and examined the associations between post-fall decision categories, decisional conflict, number of post-fall changes, self-rated health, frequency of falls, severity of falls, health literacy, awareness and openness to long-term care institutional options, and demographics. Older women experienced greater decisional conflict when making medical decisions versus social ( p =.012) and corrective ( p =.047) decisions. Significant predictors of post-fall decisional conflict were awareness of institutional care options ( p =.001) and health literacy ( p =.001). Future educational interventions should address knowledge deficits and provide resources to enhance collaborative efforts to lower women's post-fall decisional conflict and increase satisfaction in the decisions they make after a fall.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0733-4648",
doi="10.1177/0733464816653361",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0733464816653361"
}