Slips, Trips, and Falls Among Home Care Aides: A Mixed-Methods Study

OBJECTIVE: To address the gap of knowledge about slips, trips, and falls (STFs) among home care aides (HCAs) who work in clients’ homes. METHODS: This mixed method study used survey and focus group data of HCAs in a Medicaid-funded homecare program. RESULTS: STFs were common with over 12% of HCAs re...

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Autores principales: Muramatsu, Naoko, Sokas, Rosemary K., Chakraborty, Apurba, Zanoni, Joseph P., Lipscomb, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29787398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001355
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author Muramatsu, Naoko
Sokas, Rosemary K.
Chakraborty, Apurba
Zanoni, Joseph P.
Lipscomb, Jane
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description OBJECTIVE: To address the gap of knowledge about slips, trips, and falls (STFs) among home care aides (HCAs) who work in clients’ homes. METHODS: This mixed method study used survey and focus group data of HCAs in a Medicaid-funded homecare program. RESULTS: STFs were common with over 12% of HCAs reporting occurrence in the previous 12 months, of whom 58% fell to the ground. Both survey and focus group data identified ice, clutter, workload, rushing and other hazards. Focus group data explained the reasons for not reporting STFs, even among those who sustained injury, and added HCAs’ voices to the understanding of causes, consequences and prevention strategies for STFs. CONCLUSIONS: Empowering HCAs with knowledge, training, and involvement may transform “near miss” STFs into opportunities to prevent STFs among care workers and their clients.
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spelling pubmed-61257482018-09-13 Slips, Trips, and Falls Among Home Care Aides: A Mixed-Methods Study Muramatsu, Naoko Sokas, Rosemary K. Chakraborty, Apurba Zanoni, Joseph P. Lipscomb, Jane J Occup Environ Med Original Articles OBJECTIVE: To address the gap of knowledge about slips, trips, and falls (STFs) among home care aides (HCAs) who work in clients’ homes. METHODS: This mixed method study used survey and focus group data of HCAs in a Medicaid-funded homecare program. RESULTS: STFs were common with over 12% of HCAs reporting occurrence in the previous 12 months, of whom 58% fell to the ground. Both survey and focus group data identified ice, clutter, workload, rushing and other hazards. Focus group data explained the reasons for not reporting STFs, even among those who sustained injury, and added HCAs’ voices to the understanding of causes, consequences and prevention strategies for STFs. CONCLUSIONS: Empowering HCAs with knowledge, training, and involvement may transform “near miss” STFs into opportunities to prevent STFs among care workers and their clients. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018-09 2018-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6125748/ /pubmed/29787398 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001355 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125748/
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