title: "Falls prevention among older people and care providers: protocol for an integrative review".
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the evidence about the role of care providers in fall prevention in older adults aged ≥ 65 years, this includes their views, strategies, and approaches on falls prevention and effectiveness of nursing interventions.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Some fall prevention programmes are successfully implemented and led by nurses and it is acknowledged the vital role they play in developing plans for fall prevention. Nevertheless, there has not been a systematic review of the literature that describes this role and care providers' views on fall's prevention initiatives.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convergent synthesis of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies. The eligibility criteria will be based on participants, interventions/exposure, comparisons, and outcomes for quantitative studies and on population, the phenomena of interest and the context, for qualitative studies. To extract data and assess study qualities members of the research team will work in pairs according to their expertise. The review will follow the guidelines for integrative reviews and the proposed methods will adhere to the PRISMA statement checklist complemented by the ENTREQ framework. As qualitative synthesis are emergent, all procedures and changes in procedure will be documented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The review has a constructivist drive as studies that combine methods ought to be paradigmatic driven. Review questions are broad to allow issues emerge and have purposefully left the design flexible to allow for adjustments as the review progresses. The review seeks to highlight the roles that care providers play in fall prevention and their views on fall's prevention initiatives.
authors.affiliation: University of Alicante, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2160-392X
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Cuesta-Benjumea
authors.affiliation: Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria Adriana
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Henriques
authors.affiliation: University of Murcia, Murcia, España.|Institute for Bio-health Research of Murcia (IMIB), Murcia, España.|Nursing and Healthcare Research Unit (Investen-isciii), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abad-Corpa
authors.affiliation: University of Edge Hill, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8227-0116
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roe
authors.affiliation: University of Alicante, Alicante, España.|Nursing and Healthcare Research Unit (Investen-isciii), Carlos III Health Institute, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Orts-Cortés
authors.affiliation: University of Murcia, Murcia, España.|Institute for Bio-health Research of Murcia (IMIB), Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lidón-Cerezuela
authors.affiliation: Geriatrics Department, University Hospital of Albacete, Albacete, España.
authors.forename: Almudena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avendaño-Céspedes
authors.affiliation: Geriatrics Department, Complejo University Hospital of Albacete, Albacete, España.
authors.forename: José Luís
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Oliver-Carbonell
authors.affiliation: Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, Elche, España.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Ardila
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans
keywords: Europe; ageing; care giving; community and public health; falls; library methods; nursing; older people; review