Older women's responses and decisions after a fall: The work of getting "back to normal".
Health Care Women Int
; 37(12): 1342-1356, 2016 12.
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| ID: mdl-27050835
ABSTRACT
In this descriptive qualitative research, we examined older women's responses and decisions after experiencing a fall. Falls were unexpected, sudden events that heightened these women's awareness of their physical, emotional, spiritual, and social independence. Interviewees reported assessing personal, physical, and emotional needs; feeling burdened by the extra work; trying to get back to normal; seeking and obtaining assistance and spiritual support; avoiding specific people, objects, and places; planning ahead; and putting the fall out of mind. Consideration of older women's post-fall responses and decisions should be incorporated into fall prevention and management programs, services, and clinical recommendations.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Acidentes por Quedas
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Autonomia Pessoal
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Tomada de Decisões
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article