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Your hospital wants to decrease the rate of falls in patient older than 65 years of age. You have been asked to conduct an EBP project regarding these patient outcomes.
For the Fall study discuss what descriptive research design could be used to investigate this problem. What would be the research question? Why did you select this type of study design? please include reference
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH DESIGN : CASE STUDY METHOD
Case studies are analysis of persons, events , decisions, periods, projects, policies, institutions or other systems that are studied holistically one or more method.
RESEARCH QUESTION :
" What are the most effective strategies for decreasing falling rate among patients older than 65 years of age ?
WHY DID YOU SELECT THIS TYPE OF STUDY DESIGN ?
This study performed to assess the strategies for decreasing rate of fall among patients older than 65 years of age. Falls are a common adverse event experienced by elderly in hospitals. World wide , fall are one of the most commonly reported adverse events in hospitals with prevalence rate in the order of 10 per 1,000 patient days or 5% - 15% of the patients are associated with both minor and major injuries. Falls are a main cause of morbidity and disability in the elderly morethan one-third of person 65 years or older fall each year and in half of such cases ,the falls are recurrent.
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