title: The efficacy of an educational program to improve direct caregiver knowledge regarding fall prevention.
abstract: One hundred seventy-one (N = 171) direct caregivers were tested to determine their baseline knowledge about patient falls and fall prevention and to determine the impact of a fall prevention education program on their knowledge. Following the pretesting of participants for baseline knowledge a 20-minute educational videotape was viewed. Identical posttesting of knowledge followed. Mean posttest scores (M = 14.01) were significantly higher (t = 17.883; p < 0.001) than the pretest scores, supporting the effectiveness of the educational program in increasing direct caregivers' knowledge related to fall prevention.
authors.affiliation: Critical Care Unit, St. Clare's Hospital, Denville, New Jersey, USA. pkfleck@worldnet.att.net
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fleck
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Forrester
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D008873:Mid-Atlantic Region; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods