None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose of the study is to seek expert advice on the best methods to prevent and manage hospital falls. Using the Delphi technique, We will conduct a series of questionnaires and an online meeting with health professionals until consensus is reached on how best to mitigate and manage falls and associated injuries in hospital settings.
Interventions
Delphi consensus study to derive priorities for future Guidelines for Falls Prevention in Hospitals. The participants will be health professionals. They will be invited to participate in up to 4 data collection questionnaires (over a 2-month period) conducted via email and then an online consensus meeting (Teams or Zoom). Each questionnaire will have around 8 sections and will take no more than 15 minutes. The research team will administer the questionnaires and consensus meeting. The study will
Delphi consensus study to derive priorities for future Guidelines for Falls Prevention in Hospitals. The participants will be health professionals. They will be invited to participate in up to 4 data collection questionnaires (over a 2-month period) conducted via email and then an online consensus meeting (Teams or Zoom). Each questionnaire will have around 8 sections and will take no more than 15 minutes. The research team will administer the questionnaires and consensus meeting. The study will be conducted over 2 months, with the initial baseline questionnaire followed by up to 3 additional Delphi questionnaire rounds and then a final online consensus meeting at 2 months after the baseline questionnaire.
Sponsors
La Trobe University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be registered health professionals or consumers with lived experience of hospital falls
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be registered health professionals or consumers with lived experience of hospital falls
Outcome results
None listed