| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 老年學研究所 === 102 === Previous studies reveal that practitioners and health care professionals have been facing reluctant attitudes and low compliance from older people on fall prevention. This research is an in-depth study among older adults’ knowledge, attitudes and family supports on fall prevention in exploring interactions as well as key factors among these determinants and behaviors.
A total of 206 participants, older adults aged 65 and over, who visited the emergency department (ED) of a medical center in southern Taiwan due to fall, were enrolled from May 1 to October 31, 2013, with demographic information, underlying diseases and fall history collected via a questionnaire structured with four (4) facets, knowledge, attitudes, family supports and fall prevention behaviors.
There are three major findings out of this study. Firstly, top three key factors affecting the intention of older adults on fall prevention behaviors are family supports toward fall prevention behaviors, fall prevention behaviors adopt in the past year, and attitude toward fall prevention behaviors. Secondly, less than 20% of older adults conducted fall prevention behaviors in the past year, especially in consulting a physician for medical evaluation or medication reviews after a fall, doing routine eyesight examination, setting non-slip mats or installing rails in the bathroom. Thirdly, when it comes to behavior change, more than 60% of older adults are willing to consult a physician for medical evaluation after a fall, however, changes in other behaviors, such as medication reviews, are miner.
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