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Table 1 Systematic review characteristics

From: Hospital falls prevention with patient education: a scoping review

Lead author (Year)

Aim

Studies reviewed (n)

Hospital RCTs (n)

Inpatient education single intervention RCTs (n)

Inpatient multifactorial interventions with patient education RCTs (n)

Method of assessing quality

Quality of evidence

Conclusion

Avanecean (2017) [47]

Assess effectiveness of patient-centered falls prevention in acute care

5

5

0

3

JBI-SUMARI critical appraisal tool

Multifactorial: High

Multifactorial: May reduce falls rate

Meta-analysis not performed

Cameron (2018) [14]

Evaluate effectiveness of falls prevention for older adults in hospitals and care facilities

95

24

2

6

GRADE

Patient education alone: Very low

Multifactorial: Low

Patient education: Unable to conclude effectiveness

No pooled rate ratio

Multifactorial: May reduce falls rate

RR: 0.80 (0.64–1.01)

Hempel (2013) [48]

Review characteristics and effectiveness of falls prevention in acute care

59

4

0

1

Egger regression and Begg rank rest

No evidence of publication bias

Multifactorial: Unable to conclude effectiveness

RaR: 0.77 (0.52–1.12)

Lee (2014) [37]

Evaluate the effectiveness of patient falls education in hospitals and post discharge

26

16

5

8

Law tool

Patient education alone: Moderate Multifactorial: Moderate

Patient education alone or in multifactorial: Significant reduction in falls rate

RR: 0.77 (0.69–0.87)

Miake-Lye (2013) [49]

Evaluate effectiveness of multifactorial falls prevention programs in hospital and factors related to successful implementation

21

21

0

12

Downs and Black Quality Score

Multifactorial: Moderate

Multifactorial: May reduce falls rate

Meta-analysis not performed

  1. Footnote: Mutifactorial refers to two or more of the following: patient education, falls risk assessments, environmental modifications, devices, personal supervision, multidisciplinary reviews, medication reviews, falls risk communication aids, allied health and nursing input, rounding, staff training
  2. RCT Randomised controlled trial, JBI-SUMARI Joanna Briggs Institute System for the Unified Management, Assessment and Review of Information, GRADE Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation, RR Risk ratio, RaR Rate ratio